Finalists – 2018

These finalists were invited to present in the final round of the Wireless Innovation Project™:

Peetsie: A chatbot for victims of PTSD and violence

Peetsie: A chatbot for victims of PTSD and violence

Youth Tech Health

Peetsie is a trauma-informed mobile and web-based avatar offering therapy through Artificial Intelligence for American youth ages 15-19 who have experienced or witnessed violent trauma, specifically gun and domestic violence.

Peetsie

Air to Electricity Microgrid

Air to Electricity Microgrid

Castor Air 2 Electricity & Water Solutions Inc.

A scalable, thermal energy storage-based multiplier microgrid technology that allows access to 24/7 uninterruptible, hurricane-proof water and power for scalable applications.

Air to Electricity Microgrid

ENVision

ENVision

Enventure

An open source mobile app productivity tool for cash-based merchants in developing countries, allowing them to capture inventory, input sales, and forecast orders.

ENVision

SAM

SAM: Severe Acute Malnutrition

Action Against Hunger

A mobile photo diagnosis app that determines whether a child under 5 is suffering from acute malnutrition by taking a photograph of the child’s body region, facilitating early warning and management of acute nutrition.

SAM

TenFour

TenFour

Ushahidi

TenFour is an open source emergency check-in system for schools, NGOs, and small businesses that during a crisis lets people easily check-in via any communication channel and provides actionable alerts, saving time and lives during disasters.

TenFour

cerVIA

cerVIA

Columbia University & Luso Labs

CerVIA can improve cervical cancer screening through an imaging device coupled with a machine learning algorithm. The system allows for pictures to be taken before and after the screening procedure, through an algorithm, that is verified by gynecologists remotely.

cerVIA

TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints helps students from low-income, diverse, immigrant families to feel better supported by their parents and teachers. Provides a cheap, accessible but effective way through building a multilingual communication platform.

TalkingPoints

SMART

SMART: Sickle and Malaria Accurate Remote Testing

Hemex Health & Case Western University

The first electronic health record system to diagnose, track, and monitor sickle cell and malaria patients in Nigeria. Infrastructure to diagnose, track, and monitor individuals with these diseases are not developed in Africa, which directly contributes to high mortality rates.

SMART