Case Studies
Five projects that show the range of what the model produces: a device fielded with a partner, a project that spun out into its own company, and analytical work that gives a partner evidence to act on.
Phillbox
A smart pillbox to help children at the Casa do Gaiato orphanage in Mozambique take chronic-illness medication reliably. Three R&D cycles at Imperial took it to a testable prototype.
Paige
A low-cost, multiline braille display, started by Imperial students after a field visit to the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust in Kenya. It spun out as Paige Braille Ltd and has raised $75k+ in grants.
uDrops
A water-quality and filtration project for low-resource communities, run with a nine-student multidisciplinary Imperial team across 2018–19.
Moda Re LCA
A life-cycle assessment of Moda re-, Caritas Spain's clothing reuse and recycling operation — quantifying where the model genuinely cuts environmental impact.
Sapuraua Blow Moulder
A low-cost PET blow-moulder so the Saparua Island community in Indonesia could turn collected plastic waste into useful hollow products, not just pellets.