199 apps built by Technovation Challenge and AI Ventures Accelerator participants between 2017 and 2024, spanning every SDG category and dozens of countries. Each card includes the team's own pitch video.
My Ouch
United States
A tool for monitoring a person's health and pain levels. My Ouch has temperature, pulse and moisture sensors that gather data about a person's health. The app uses this data to predict the level of care a person may need and alert an emergency contact if necessary.
Families
Good Health and Well-Being
Finalist
2020
Palestine AI
Palestinian Territories
An assistive technology for people with speech impairments. Users record themselves saying a word in English or Arabic. Then Talk & Trust analyzes the recording against its library of recordings of other pronunciations and displays the word in text.
Families
Good Health and Well-Being
Finalist
2020
A10 Box
Spain
An assistive technology for people with visual impairments. Using image recognition software, A10 is trained to alert users if they are about to take the wrong medication. A10 can also notify an emergency contact if a medication is not taken within a specified window.
Families
Reduced Inequalities
Finalist
2020
Kuwait Birds Tracker
Kuwait
Kuwait Birds Tracker helps protect local endangered bird species. Users take pictures of birds, and using image-recognition tools, KBT identifies the bird and suggests tips for keeping it safe.
Families
Life on Land
1st Place
2020
Islam's Family
Pakistan
A mobile app that keeps children safe from kidnapping. Anti Child Abduction Mobile App uses data from motion sensors, GPS information, and previous location patterns collected from a child's phone. When the child's position differs from those patterns, the tool alerts parents their child may be in danger. (Inspired by a local event in the family's neighborhood.)
Families
Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
Finalist
2020
Tech Rescue
Nigeria
A wearable device designed to curb incidences of kidnapping. Tech Rescue uses an AI model trained to recognize a user's typical GPS data. When a user strays from the expected path, Tech Rescue alerts an emergency contact with a text and phone call.
Families
Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
Regional Winner
2020
Recyclator
Spain
A tool to help users improve their recycling habits by alleviating confusion. Recylator uses a camera to analyze waste materials against its database, and then flashes one of its 5 colored LED lights, indicating what category the recyclable material falls under.
Families
Responsible Consumption and Production
Regional Winner
2020
DASA
United States
An app to help students alleviate stress. Inspired by rising rates of stress in young people. Calmzilla's AI model uses data gathered from user survey answers to predict stress levels and recommend a number of stress relieving games while also informs guardians of the student's stress level.
Families
Good Health and Well-Being
Regional Winner
2020
The Emeralds
Nigeria
An app to help students choose courses aligned with their interests and needs. After users answer a series of questions that take into account factors like hobbies and outside pressures, CourseConnect's AI model suggests appropriate courses.
Families
Quality Education
Regional Winner
2020
AI tool for Dysorthography
Greece
A tool to help identify Dysorthography. AI tool for Dysorthography analyzes users' spelling patterns against a large database of mispellings typical to those with dysothography, a disorder of spelling, to help users decide if they should seek a specialist's help. Used for text typed directly into the app as well as handwritten text via OpenCV and Tesseract tools.
Families
Reduced Inequalities
Regional Winner
2020
Protecting trees
Bolivia
A tool to help fight deforestation. Protecting Trees' AI model helps children recognize tree species and whether they are endangered. Users take pictures of trees which the app compares to its database of similar images to identify the tree in the image and whether or not it's threatened
Families
Life on Land
Regional Winner
2020
Smart Waste Sorter
United States
A tool to help users properly sort waste. The Smart Waste Sorter attaches to waste bins where a motion sensor activates a camera that captures an image of the item being disposed, and compares it against its database to determine if it's being put in the right bin. If not, the device buzzes to alert the user.
Families
Responsible Consumption and Production
Regional Winner
2020
End The Flame
Bolivia
Inspired by the 2019 Amazonian fires, End the Flame uses its database to recognize flame patterns and the effects of variables like wind, fire shape, and presence of flammable materials. The device analyzes images of fires and recommends a course of action based on those variables.
Families
Life on Land
Regional Winner
2020
Smart Driving Assistant
Cambodia
A device to help users drive more safely. Inspired by the high rate of traffic injuries and death in Cambodia. The Smart Driving Assistant has several sensors that allow it to recognize unsafe driving conditions or obstacles and then reduce speed or adjust trajectory accordingly.
Families
Good Health and Well-Being
Regional Winner
2020
Live Better
Venezuela
Live Better helps children and teenagers learn to use basic resources such as water and electricity less wastefully and how to properly dispose of waste. Live Better helps young people develop into responsible citizens and symbolizes the quality of life every person on the planet deserves. We can make a difference with good habits!
Girls
Responsible Consumption and Production
Climate Action
2020
The Soarers
Kenya
Every person is entitled to a clean and healthy environment, but the government in Nakuru county is struggling with the challenge of waste management and increasing waste levels. Beyond the Bin helps users sort their garbage properly and then request garbage collection. It also provides recycling tips, and has a market for users to sell and purchase items to give them a new life.
Girls
Responsible Consumption and Production
Climate Action
2020
Team W4
Hong Kong SAR China
EATOPIA aims to reduce the carbon footprint of the food industry. EATOPIA brings together sellers and buyers in the same area to promote the purchase and sale of products from local businesses. It promotes interactions between buyers and local sellers and makes something as basic and necessary as shopping easier, more comfortable and healthier.
Girls
Climate Action
Climate Action
2020
Project Green Globe
United States
Ecotopia encourages users to think about small chang they can make in their daily lives to minimize their impact on the environment. Users join eco-friendly challenges with their friends, which makes a greener lifestyle more fun and accessible. Through partnerships with non-profit organizations, Ecotopia will facilitate environmental rewards that extend beyond these small scale changes.
Girls
Climate Action
Climate Action
2020
Hustle
Canada
Carbon emissions are increasing every year by enormous amounts, which is unsustainable. It alters ecosystems and expedites climate change. 82% of Americans are aware of how their actions impact the world, but 32% don't know how to reduce their emissions. 27% don't even know how many emissions they produce. EcoPal allows people to track their emissions and learn how to reduce them.
Girls
Climate Action
Climate Action
2020
Code Codets
United Kingdom
PolluNo is an educational game that tackles air pollution, a significant contributor to climate change and cause of serious respiratory diseases. PolluNo focuses on transportation, which accounts for 26% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. The game informs people and encourages them to make better choices for our environment by opting for low-emisson forms of transport.
Girls
Climate Action
Climate Action
2020
Veater
Hong Kong SAR China
Veater is a multi-use app that helps users track eating habits carbon footprint at the same time. Veater not only makes eating healthy fun but it helps you become your best veater eater self. Diet is one of the key factors to climate change. Veater logs your daily food intake and creates a summary of the environmental impacts. A carbon footprint points system allows users to compete with friends.
Girls
Climate Action
Climate Action
2020
Irish Tech Girls
Ireland
Unlimited Possibilities provides a range of resources to support people with Dyslexia, a neurobiological disorder that affects language processing. These include challenges, AI-powered tools to help with spelling, phonetic web sites, decoded books, and an online forum for teachers and parents. The app also includes dyslexic friendly fonts and warm-toned backgrounds.
Girls
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
2020
MTechQueens
Spain
Cyberbusters detects cyberbullying cases so parents can take action. Cyberbusters uses a Machine Learning model to analyze the messages children send or receive through social media and classifies the type of word/ phrase. The model detects whether a child is bullied or being bullied and offers tips to parents to help their children.
Girls
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
2020
Vocali
United States
Vocali is a speech therapy app for stuttering children ages 4-12. It has speech drill games that improve users’ pronunciation clarity, speech challenges that ask them to interact with the real world, educational resources that inform them about their conditions, and individual accounts that track their progress. With Vocali, stuttering children will become the voices for themselves.
Girls
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
2020
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