PM Pumpmakers GmbH

The NSP Solar pump system is a solar-powered water system designed to retrieve water out of wells without the need for hand pumps or system maintenance.

The pump has no operating costs and can pump water out of a well at a depth of 100m/300ft ...

International Programs in Agriculture

The Purdue Improved Crop Storage (​PICS) project aims to increase the income of farming families in West and ​Central Africa through the use of inexpensive, plastic grain storage bags. PIC​S first focused on cowpeas, an African staple, but ...

Quintas Renewable Energy Solutions Ltd.

The Quintas biomass dehydrator is designed to dry agricultural produce. This simple device does not use complicated temperature and flow controls, and can be assembled on site with the capacity to burn approximatelty 7.06kg of biomass ...

Raspberry Pi Foundation

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that connects to any screen and keyboard to become a fully functional PC. With prices ranging from USD $25 to $35 per unit, the Raspberry Pi is a cost effective solution to both ...

Design Revolution

Globally, approximately 10 million above-knee amputees live in developing countries and need assistive devices to regain mobility and return to work. The knee joint is the most complex and expensive component of a leg prosthesis system, and ...

APROTEC

River Ice is a small-scale Garman river turbine directly connected to an open refrigeration compressor. Polyethylene bags which contain filtered water produce ice blocks through the energy of the currant. Garman river turbines (or the very ...

Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)

SHE is an organization that helps women jumpstart social businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable menstrual pads. Coupled with health education and advocacy, SHE helps girls and women lead more productive lives. The pads are made ...

Southern Highlands Participatory Organisation (SHIPO)

In many rural areas in Africa, the costs of drilling for water sources can range from $5,000 to $10,000 USD for a village of 250 people (approximately $20-$40 USD per person). This affects the movement of water to villages for irrigation ...

Smart Hydro Power GmbH

The SMART Turbine is a hydro-powered generator capable of producing up to 5000 watts of clean electrical power from the kinetic energy of flowing waters. As the turbine is powered by kinetic energy and not with potential energy, it is also ...

SODIS

SODIS is a method for producing potable water with PET bottles and sunlight. Water to be treated is placed in clear plastic PET (PETE) drinking bottles and left in direct sunlight for at least six hours. UV radiation from the sun will sanitize ...

The University of Nottingham

The Score Stove 2 is a low-smoke cook stove with high combustion efficiency. When cooking with wood fuel or other fuels such as dung or crop residuals, it produces additional electrical energy through the combustion heat. Using the ...

Seawater Greenhouse Ltd

The Seawater Greenhouse creates new sources of fresh water derived from seawater, and a climate that is suited for growing plants, both within and beyond the greenhouse structure. It enables the cultivation of crops in hot and arid regions of ...

S4S Technologies

Dehydration of fruits and vegetables is a promising food processing technology that can increase the shelf life of products by nearly a year. It is a value addition process that can save approximately 33% of seasonal agro-product losses. Solar ...

Grameen Shakti

Grameen Shakti, a non-profit organization founded out of Grameen Bank, is committed to providing solutions to the people of Bangladesh in order to improve their quality of life, while paying attention to the impact we have on the planet. With ...

TrinySol

The solar reflectors can be used to bake, cook, or fry all kinds of food, as well as, to generate steam. They are based on the Scheffler type, as they are built of steel sections presenting 16 m² of highly reflective aluminum. Powered by a ...

Solar Sister

Solar Sister trains and supports women to deliver clean energy directly to homes in rural African communities. They provide essential services and training that enable women entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses in their own ...

SolarEar

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 6000 million people are hearing impaired, This is because of lack of prevention and treatment of diseases as well as higher noise pollution in several employment sectors. In its more severe ...

SolarTurtle

The SolarTurtle is a solar kiosk designed for maximum security and maximum portability. Housed in containers and assembled off site, The SolarTurtle can be deployed by simply offloading the container and unfolding its solar panels towards the ...

Solvatten AB

Solvatten is a combined solar water heater and a water purifier that produces safe and warm water by using solar energy. Put Solvatten in a sunny place and the water will be safe and ready to use in 2-6 hours. An indicator shows clearly when ...

Proximity Designs

The Sturdy Boy water tank (aka Pyit Taing Taung) is a 250 gallon capacity tank designed for portability, durability and affordability. Made of PVC impregnated canvas with a plastic rim, the Sturdy Boy is stored flat and grows into a ...

AUTARCON

SuMeWa|SYSTEM (Sun Meets Water System) is a solar-PV-driven technical unit that pumps, filters and disinfects water for safe drinking water supply. The main function of the device is the electrolytic production of disinfectant used to purify ...

SunSaluter

The SunSaluter is a low-cost solar panel rotator which boosts efficiency by 30% and produces four liters of clean drinking water each day. The SunSaluter is assembled by attaching a solar panel onto a stand built out of bamboo or wood, metal ...

SolSuffit

The SuniCook is a sustainable, parabolic solar cooker. The solar cooker catches the sun and reflects its radiation in the center of the parabole, which is easily adjustable.

A shell-shaped (parabolic) surface composed of polished aluminum ...

The Desert Green House Project

The desert greenhouse is a method for transforming sandy wasteland into arable land to plant vegetables and fruits and to increase the output of high-quality agricultural products.

According to scientific inspection and verification, many ...

The Lucky Iron Fish

The Lucky Iron Fish is a small iron cooking tool that infuses your meals with a healthy amount of natural iron to help prevent iron deficiency and anemia. It’s simple to use, and provides a natural source of iron that’s perfect for everyone ...

TippyTap.org

The Tippy Tap is a hands-free device for hand washing that is especially designed for rural areas where there is no running water. It is operated by a foot lever and thus reduces the chance for the transmission of pathogens as the user only ...

DataWind Ltd

UbiSlate offers several low-cost multi-touch capacitive screen Android tablet /smartphones. They can come with embedded WiFi, Bluetooth, separate keyboard, or apps. The USB port allows for expanded storage and/or use of peripherals and the ...

DataWind Ltd

The UbiSlate7Ci is a low-cost 7" multi-touch capacitive screen Android tablet. It comes with an embedded WiFi module. The USB port allows for expanded storage and/or use of peripherals and the Android OS allows for hundreds of thousands of ...

Udacity

From the Udacity website: We believe university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we've connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world. ...

PATH

Ultra Rice grains resemble locally milled rice grains in size, shape, and color, but they are made from rice flour, selected micronutrients, and nutrient-protecting ingredients that are combined and extruded through a rice-shaped mold. When the ...

The Full Belly Project

Every year, in Africa alone, women spend about 4 billion hours shelling peanuts by hand. For many of the poorest families, peanuts are the only protein they can afford. For many they a crop of choice to take to market, but they have little ...

University of the People

University of the People (UoPeople) is a non-profit, online academic institution that provides a tuition-free education to anyone around the world. UoPeople’s mission strives to provide access to undergraduate degree programs for qualified ...

VSL Associates Ltd.

VSL Associates is a group of people who save together and take small loans from those savings. The activities of the group run in cycles of one year, after which the accumulated savings and the loan profits are distributed back to members. The ...

VerBien

The main objective of “Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor” (Good Vision to learn better) is to assist Mexican children with visual acuity deficiencies such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, amblyopia and astigmatism. These problems can be corrected ...

ByoEarth

The ByoEarth Vermiculture Kit contains the essential materials to produce rich organic fertilizer via vermicomposting, a composting process that uses worms to digest organic waste. Each kit includes a box with vents and drainage, over 2,500 ...

Canales Asociacion Civil

Enabling deaf children access to literature and reading, Canales has created “Videobooks in Argentine Sign Language.” These videos combine children’s books and young adult literature read in sign language, with voiceovers and animated ...