For COVID and beyond – designing, sourcing and executing projects to help people suffering in crisis situations
Helpful is an international social impact community dedicated to solving global challenges by aligning technology and engineering talent to produce and bring to market open source solutions across hardware, software, supply chains, and manufacturing. In fostering collaborative innovation, leveraging expert volunteer pools, and creating strong executional frameworks, we reduce systemic frictions and risks as we incubate ideas.
Middlesex University London alumnus Darren Lewis responds to Covid challenge with simple ventilator “invaluable” in crises and in healthcare systems with limited equipment.
A group of global volunteers are currently developing UVisor, a low-cost helmet with a UV chamber and fan unit that is designed to be a better alternative to protective equipment options currently on the market.
COVID-19 caused many schools to shut down. Consequently, students now lack access to hands-on learning. MARLEy tries to solve this problem through an Augmented Reality (AR) environment that allows for interactive learning.
