We recently caught up with Alessandro Guazzi, CEO and Founder of Sentimoto, a technology-enabled care service provider. They support older people in remaining healthy, independent, and connected to their families and friends. They provide a smartphone-based analysis platform for data from wearables to address health and lifestyle risks early on. Alessandro is about to finish his DPhil in Biomedical Engineering and has a …
There are just shy of 85,000 people classified as homeless in the UK, 500,000 homeless people in the US and over 78 million homeless people in India. In total there are over 100 million people across the world without a safe, warm, secure place to call home. The streets are so overpopulated with the homeless that they’ve pretty much become invisible. We …
Luna Lights is a bright new company founded by Donovan Morrison and Matt Wilcox whilst they both studied engineering degrees at Northwestern University. They are currently rolling out an automated lighting system that utilises cloud based analytics to reduce the risk of falling for the elderly. Luna Lights initially started off as a project in the Design for America programme …
In the list of ‘what is most taken for granted’, water would be right up there in the top three. About 71% of Earth’s surface is water-covered, yet, access to clean water is severely limited. To many of us in the developed world a prominent issue we face with water is drinking too much before a workout and getting cramps or …
In a previous blog post, we discussed the importance of selecting the right crowdfunding platform for your product. Today, we will discuss the rewards-based crowdfunding model to help you decide if it’s right for you. Rewards-based crowdfunding is when a non-monetary incentive is offered to those who pledge money towards a campaign. Just like when you’re taking your product to the market for the …
‘The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows’ Sydney J. Harris For many of us the acceptable route to a sufficient level of education is through the attainment of academic qualifications, such as diplomas and degrees, but, that is not the norm for all of us, either by choice or by circumstance. Unfortunately over 1 billion of …
Crowdfunding has propelled a considerable amount of businesses into success by enabling the power of the crowd There are a number of factors that play a part in a successful crowdfunding campaign: The zeal of the project creators The actual value of the business proposition The worth that potential funders place on it The platform Depending on the nature of your …
We have all been told directly or otherwise that climate change poses a great risk to us and the generations to come. Yet I’m still not convinced that it is something that is taken completely seriously. There have been a number of indications of its severity with both the rising global temperatures and the number of natural disasters, but that …
Gorillas are one of the most endangered animals on earth. There are less than 900 mountain gorillas and only around 2-3,000 eastern lowland gorillas alive today. They live in pockets of forestry in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and were made famous by Dian Fossey’s work in the region to protect them. While many people know …
Carbon Analytics was founded by a group of expats from the US, Canada and Australia while doing their Masters degrees at the University of Oxford. Michael Thornton, their CEO, held the Skoll scholarship for social entrepreneurship, and originally came up with the idea during a “business model hackathon” with former co-founder James Tilbury who was studying environmental policy and had a …