Imagine a world where everyone, everywhere could have access to world-class innovation that could change – or save – lives, without the barriers of price or functionality. Those barriers are what almost always accompany medical technology, designed for high-income environments, when it arrives in most parts of the world. Until recently, ‘imagine’ was the key word in [...]
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D-Rev On the Ground: The Rise of the Micro-Hospital
Life and economies are constantly evolving, especially in the low-income areas where D-Rev focuses its work, places where agility is critical for survival. Most medical devices today, however, are designed for Western hospitals – places that are large, well-powered, elevator-serviced, and reliably able to provide good, if not great, healthcare. But that’s not reality in [...]
D-Rev CEO Krista Donaldson named to Fast Company Co.Design’s list of designers shaping the future
Fast Company just announced its Innovation by Design Awards to honor members of the design and entrepreneurship communities. We can’t believe it, but Krista Donaldson, our CEO, was honored as part of the Co.Design 50, its list of 50 people who are shaping the future of design, with others from companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, [...]
Three more things I wanted to say at TEDxStanford – on Innovation in Context
Despite D-Rev colleagues’ advice to not razz Bill Gates in my TEDxStanford talk Saturday, I started with his Annual Letter for the Gates Foundation from January. He uses the word “innovation” a lot − 23 times if you include innovate, innovator, and innovative. He says innovation is key to changing the world. I agree with [...]
Off-Grid Entrepreneurs
Rise Solar recently returned to East Africa to continue exploring the off-grid energy landscape, visiting communities across Kenya and Tanzania. One conclusion from the trip is particularly salient: rather than a household solar system, our technology may be best suited as a tool for off-grid entrepreneurs to bring electricity to their communities, directly powering mobile [...]
Global Scope Generates Buzz at UCLA Hammer Museum
D-Rev recently took prototypes of the Global Scope, an affordable, high optical fidelity microscope for disease diagnostics in the developing world, to attend the Enormous Microscopic Evening at UCLA’s Hammer Museum, where over 200 people stopped by for a look and to learn about the project. Many infectious diseases prevalent in the developing world, including [...]
Innovating to Save Lives
USAID invited Krista to contribute to the IMPACTblog, featuring the stories of USAID members tackling the world’s greatest poverty challenges. In her guest post, “Innovating to Save Lives,” she encourages us to look back at the scientific and technology innovations that have had a positive, lasting impact in the developing world and presents three essential steps for successfully launching innovative products. Click on the screenshow below to read the full post:
