Using smartphone cameras connected to a web platform, CellScope is creating a modern-day digital first aid kit.
EMS Shirati: Cal Students Address Maternal Health in Rural Tanzania
EMS Shirati aims to reduce the maternal death rate with the MedBike—an innovative, rugged motorcycle that will safely and rapidly transport patients to the hospital.
Big Ideas@Berkeley: An Ecosystem of Social Innovation
Big Ideas@Berkeley held its annual award ceremony earlier this week, just as the $1 billion sale of the popular smartphone application Instagram made international headlines.
Big Ideas@Berkeley: Student-Led Innovations Win Over $200,000
Big Ideas@Berkeley is much more than a prize. It is an entire process for nurturing student-led innovation.
Big Ideas@Berkeley People’s Choice Winner: Pop Up Radio Archive
The Pop Up Radio Archive team is working not only to preserve bits and pieces of culture, but also to make these resources available and easily accessible on the web.
Big Ideas Contest Ends in Popular Split Decision
Two student-led social-enterprise projects — one global in scope, the other hyper-local — shared first place in the 2012 Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest after the final round of judging ended in a popular, if surprising, split decision.
Student Project “Acopio” Builds Information Management Tools for Latin American Coffee Producers
Two School of Information students have identified a key challenge to small coffee growers: information.
UC Engineering Students Take on Project in Peru
Engineering students at UC Berkeley are helping to solve environmental problems in developing countries where the skills they're learning in the classroom are in short supply.
Taken for Granted: A Big Idea about Fostering Innovation
Big Ideas @ Berkeley uses small amounts of money to unleash large amounts of innovative brainpower.
