Wei Peng gives us a survey of cool inventions that have the potential to help people in developing countries.

2. Wei Peng
Innovation that Matters

3. Image&source:&Food$Court$Lunch$blog,&h/p://bit.ly/tOTcRD

5. Hairstyling$Iron$with$MP3$Player
Puppy$Tweets$
Noodle$Robot

7. Image&Source:&Geekosystem,&h/p://bit.ly/tJ19BV&
>&John&Saddington&(@tentblogger),&CreaGve&Engineer,&8bit.io

8. Concept of Appropriate Technology
 Affordable
 Sustainable
 Right for the place
 Right for the people

9. Water
• low>cost&water&purificaAon&tool&
• 700&litres/straw—–&approximately&one&
year&of&water&consumpAon&for&one&
person.&&
• Unit&price:&$&7.5

10. Water
• transport&90&liters&water&at&one&Ame&
• 5X&increase&in&producAvity&
• Similar&product:&Q>drum

11. Water
• store&monsoon&rainwater&
• 100,000>liter&version&available&
• 1/5&of&the&cost&of&exisAng&
cement&tanks&

12. Food
• keep&tomato&fresh&for&21&days&
• open>source&technology

13. Food
• Portable;&pedal&power&
• 100KG&rice&grain/hour

14. Food
• Proceed&all&kinds&of&nuts&
at&the&rate&of&50&kg/hr&
(compare&to&4kg/hr&by&
hands)&

15. Energy
• operate&on&all&solid&biofuels&
• high&thermal&efficiency&raAo&
(30%)&
• Environmentally&friendly

16. EducaEon
Science$Facts
Math$Workout
SAT$vocabulary
and&more…
• Cheapest&tablet&
• Target&collage&students&
• Android&2.2&—&access&to&educaAonal&apps

17. EducaEon
• low>cost&projector&
• 100,000+&pages&informaAon&
• Solar&power&

18. Health
• In&sub>Saharan&Africa,&there&is&only&1$optometrist$for&
every&1$million$people$
• Self>adjustable&glasses—&do&it&yourself!!

19. • Difficult&to&access&remote&rural&communiAes&
• Money!&Money!&Money!!&(a&Q>drum&costs&$65)&

20. • encourage&&grass>root&innovaAons&
• connect&innovators,&scholars,&academicians,&policy&makers,&
entrepreneurs&and&non>governmental&organizaAons

23. Thank You!
Wei Peng