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BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BOP

EMPOWERING THE 4 BILLION PEOPLE AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID (<$8/DAY)

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ACTORS/SUPPORTERS

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WTT’s innovation platform is a brand new group of 4 labs, founded in 2012 by Avina, a Panama-based foundation which promotes sustainable development in Latin America. The 4 labs are:

• AML (Advanced Magnet Lab) - USA,

• BRAERG - Brazil,

• CUP Sciences – USA

• AIC (Advanced Innovation Center) – Chile

Comment:

• Looks like a great network both to spot & spread technologies in 21 countries of South & Central America

• Inclusive Business approach since 2007

Question:

• Who are competitors / potential partners of WTT in Latin America?

WTT, A LATIN AMERICA INNOVATION PLATFORM

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A free resource designed to capture and disseminate the inventions & innovations. Objective: Save time in product sourcing

Greg (founder, Ashoka fellow) has set up a distribution model of health-related BOP products to BOP customers in Guatemala, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

It is based on a female-microentrepreneur distribution network

Comment:

• No centralized distribution support (yet :)

Question:

• What positioning vs other marketplaces with similar products (Alibaba/eBay or Amazon)

TECNOCONECT, A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION IN THE BOP

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The first open biology lab in France, Europe, and now largest in the world.

A community-driven movement to open “hard” science, especially synthetic biology

Published their first article in Nature in 2013, organized a crowdsourcing campaign of lab equipment, etc.

Comment:

• Open-source + DIY = low-cost and empowerment

• Could lead to BoP products

LA PAILLASSE, WORLD’S LARGEST BIO HACKERSPACE

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Startup Digest is a curated newsletter and a locally updated event list for each country, gathering a network of ambassadors (web/IT)

Soon Soon Soon if a French and English community of spotters. Collectively, they built an online magazine on innovation in several industries

Comment:

• We can leverage on these existing networks to make BOP innovations a new topic for them

DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS OF SPOTTERS (EVENTS, TRENDS)

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TECHNOLOGIES

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A breakthrough for accelerating global access to drinking water (link)

• First-ever technology to achieve 100% inactivation of bacteria and viruses in a single process

• Low energy consumption: 9.16 Wh/L (vs

• Can sanitize 35 liters of water in 5 minutes at a cost per liter of less than 1/8 of a (U.S.) cent

Comment:

• Great as you can include additional treatment stages (filters…), which is good when you have a water imput but not yet ready for off-grid challenges

AIC CHILE, PLASMA WATER SANITATION SYSTEM

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AguaInc is a complete natural alternative to wastewater treatments without the use of any chemicals or energy (instead, they use plants).

• Today, treatment systems installed in over 5 countries, has generated over $4,000,000 USD in revenue in the past 3 years

• is ensuring 300,000 people each day get access to clean drinking water.

Unreasonable at Sea Video

Comment:

• Low-tech

• Efficient for large standing water areas

• Can be setup on top of existing infrastructure

NATURAL WATER TREATMENT

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A breakthrough technology that converts organic wastes into 100% premium grade organic fertilizer at high temperature within 24 hours.

• A specific enzyme cocktail + specially designed digestor

• Odorless, pathogen-free

Question:

• Price & ROI of this digestor in a BOP environment?

BIOMAX, THE MOST EFFICIENT BIODIGESTOR

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Energaia is a Bangkok-based startup which produces algae (spirulina) for food (nutritional complements) and fuel.

Placing the “fields” on urban roofs make it closer to consumption center and increase quality control.

Comments:

• No only good for urban nutritional complement but also to decentralized it in remote BoP area

ALGAE FOOD & FUEL ON URBAN ROOFS

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Tellspec uses raman spectroscopy techniques to scan food with a laser. Each matter will reflect a different light, so Tellspec can tell what you eat (presence of allergen, ingredients)

Not a BOP product but already a community of crowdfunders ($380k)

Comment:

• Partnerships to be thought of with big companies (telco, IT)

Question:

• Could potentially detect pathogen agents in food? And how make this a BoP products?

TELLSPEC, A SCANNER FOR FOOD

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Embrace has created the cheapest and most efficient infant warmer, with a price tag of $200 (vs. $20k in a hospital)

Key advantages are portability and efficiency for babies born prematurely or with hypothermia

Comment:

• Designed for structures (local health clinics, NGOs, mobile clinics…) more than individuals

EMBRACE, THE $200 INFANT WARMER

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A school project led by 4 friends of 14 and 15 y.o in Lagos, Nigeria.

To counter power cuts, they designed an engine which separates hydrogen from urine, to purify it and use it in a generator.

One liter of urine can provide 6h of electricity.

Comment:

• Still not safe to use (potentially explosive)

• Bring the innovation from a prototype to a product for mass market

6H OF ELECTRICITY WITH 1LITER OF URINE

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Hollow Flashlight is a light you can power with the heat of your palm, providing 20min of light

The inventor, Ann Makosinski, has won the 2013 prize of Google Science Fair

Comment:

• Intensity of light can be improved

• With 4 components and no mechanical part -> cheap maintenance

LIGHT WITH YOUR PALM

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Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that folds like origami.

This invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries.

No mechanical part and $0.50 for 1 microscope

Unreasonable at sea video

Comment:

• Can have an impact both on healthcare and education

50 CENTS FOR A MICROSCOPE

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BRCK

Able to connect different internet sources like ethernet, WiFi, Cellular Data (3G/4G).

Because of the capability to switch between these sources when required, it can form a much more stable source of internet. Together with this, BRCK runs on its own battery and can currently last up to 8 hours without recharging.

Comment:

• Could be solar-powered?

• What is the current price?

• Need at least one source of internet connection

LOON

Project Loon is a R&D project by Google X to provide Internet access to rural & remote areas. High altitude balloons placed in the stratosphere (20mi/32 km high) create an aerial wireless network with up to 3G-like speeds.

Comment:

• Computing & financial power of Google + balloons can cover large areas (20km)

• Is it really possible to send up enough balloons to provide solid internet?

BETTER INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

March 2013

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TURNING BREAKTHROUGH TECH INTO BOP IMPACTFUL TECH - TRENDS

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Drones are cheap ways to reach new places and collect information.

Garuda Robotics is the first “drone as a service” platform, connecting fleets of drones, manageable from a browser-type interface

Gimball is a drone inspired from flies, and is the first to be safe for humans (no risk of cutting with wings), and able to move in cluttered environment

Comment:

• Could help access info in remote/disconnected places

• Can not carry to much. DHL tests drug delivery drone.

Question:

• Increase autonomy?

DRONES TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE

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3D printers are both cheap and empowering communities to (re)build a lot of things, locally.

W.Afate is the first 3D printer to be built with e-waste in Africa, solving two problems at a time.

Project Daniel empowers war amputees in South Sudan: not only do they get a new pair of 3D printed arms, but they are trained to build more by themselves and to maintain theirs.

This 3D printed trachea helped to save a baby’s life

Comment:

• Today, BOP market often means TOP selling to BOP

• 3D printing = Empowering BOP to be entrepreneurs and makers of mass products

3D PRINTING & EMPOWERMENT OF COMMUNITIES

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Open-hardware makes available both products and methodologies to allow anyone to build and create on top of what has been shared.

It’s even more important in emerging countries, where infrastructure is weak and populations always more vulnerable to crisis.

Protei’s DIY boat costs technically nothing and helps monitor environmental sea data (oil spill, radioactivity)

Jerry Can is a DIY server with a low cost of production. With the “product” comes a strong community of empowered makers

Comment:

• Extreme waste management: most is made out of reuse material

• Close to the 3D-printing concept of building an autonomy for BOP populations

OPEN-HARDWARE: CHEAP & COLLABORATIVE

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Anne-Laure HerrezueloSenior Project Manager#bop #socialbusiness #innovation #southeastasia

Mail: annelaure.her@gmail.comLinkedIn: sg.linkedin.com/in/annelaureherrezuelo/Website: www.annelaureherrezuelo.com