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 [...]

My colleague Dorothy Zhuomei and I have been in East Africa on a short-term assignment to better understand neonatal healthcare and delivery. We’ve learned a great deal and have had the good fortune of witnessing a transforming Africa. Let me start by describing for you the situation as we see it. There exists a wide [...]

With fireworks lighted across East Asia, January 23 rung in the Year of the Dragon for many Asian communities. But perhaps less obvious, it also marked the culmination of the largest annual human migration on the planet. For the past few weeks, millions of people across China have been on the road, traveling by rail, [...]

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 [...]

“Potentially uncomfortable weather” was the pre-warning of Indian locals, as Re:Motion team members set out for Rajasthan, India to collect feedback from a portion of the 1,300 amputees currently wearing JaipurKnees. One of the things we looked at more closely was the clicking noise the JaipurKnee makes in use