IDDS projects

A new water filter design which should address four common problems of household water filtration in less developed regions: slow rates, cleaning difficulties, difficulties adapting to influent variations and unattractive design.

A safe incubator for local health centers, be easily assembled, be portable, need minimal operating capabilities and will keep the infant warm and hydrated.

Crush corn cob charcoal into a powder than can be made into a briquette that does not produce a lot of carbon monoxide and can be used indoors.

By partnering with local health centers, SNAP can bring cheap and reliable diagnostic testing to the people by simplifying sample preparation for diagnostic tests.

The purpose of this project is to design and build an affordable, efficient thresher for pearl millet.

Tools that can be used to easily convert a car alternator into an electric generator for picoHydro systems.

Convert the motion of the treadle pump, a widespread irrigation tool used by millions in Asia and Africa, into electricity.

Design an affordable ropeway to transport roof tiles and various preserves made by a women's cooperative in the village of Ranikhet up steep hills.

We propose the use of existing $10 TV-Computers to promote education within developing countries.

Provide the foundation for what might become a possible solution for reducing the transmission of HIV from mother to child via breast milk.

Improve upon existing designs of presses, so that communities can use locally available resources and skills to produce soil blocks in order to make building projects more accessible.