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IMPAKT 2 - Quito, Ecuador Jose Ignacio Echeverria, Camila Ramos Universidad San Francisco de Quito

IMPAKT 2 is an affordable, sustainable, long-term alternative to electric light for families without access to electricity. By using low cost technologies such as photovoltaic panels and reused cellphone batteries, IMPAKT 2 lights up homes. IMPAKT 2 seeks to install its solar light lamps through the donations of organizations that are willing to invest their social responsibility budget to finance these operations.

InnElektrik - Barranquilla, Colombia Randy Aguirre, Alberto Moros Universidad del Norte

Electricity is a resource that most of us take for granted but this is not true for half of the Colombian territory. Colombia has significant renewable resources but more than 1 million of its population are living without energy or in places where the electrical system has low quality service. This leads to a precarious lifestyle and the development of communities that have non-existent or partial energy service. InnElektrik has developed a solution that integrates local, top energy common resources into an easy plug and play device utilizing micro hydraulics, the sun, and wind.

Maker Playground - Bangkok, Thailand Natkanok Poksappaiboon, Jednipit Tantaletong King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Maker Playground is a next-generation IDE for IoT project development, including developing device firmware, generating circuit diagrams, programming your device and designing an IoT dashboard all-in-one software. Maker Playground allows users to build an embedded and IoT project by describing functions of their devices using our custom designed, high level behavioral based diagram. From that input, our software can automatically generate a source code, a circuit connection diagram, and an IoT dashboard for many supported hardware and cloud service providers.

Maroon Assistive Technologies, LLC - Virginia, USA Tim Pote, Taylor Pesek, Jack Geissinger, Andrew Bocklund Virginia Tech

Maroon Assistive Technologies, LLC is an engineering startup company based in Blacksburg, Virginia. They develop exoskeletons to improve lives by making lifting easier. Their exoskeletons do not use motors or electricity to support your body while you perform your everyday tasks helping to reduce fatigue and decreasing the risk of overuse injuries.

Pipe Clamper – Santiago, Chile Juan Esteban Labbé, Javiera Fuenzalida, Rosario Giesen, Cristóbal Bustos Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Currently the process of fixing exposed pipes with clamps is slow and expensive for companies. Pipe Clamper is the tool that improves the pipe installation process by fixing exposed pipes faster through its clamping device. This new tool replaces the manual process, decreases the time of installation, and improves user security. | 13