Category: Projects

Jonathan Schultz|Projects

Better Place

Report on Better Place, winner of the 2009 INDEX Award in the Community category.

Andrea Codrington|Projects

Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

Report on the Freeplay fetal heart rate monitor, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Body category.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Peepoobag

Report on Peepoobag, a new self-sanitizing, single-use, biodegradable container for human waste.

Project|Projects

Kiva

Report on Kiva, the pioneering microfinance site, which won a 2009 INDEX award for humanitarian design.

Jane Margolies|Projects

Pig 05049

Report on Pig 05049, a book cataloging all of the products made from a single pig, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Playful Learning category

Ernest Beck|Projects

Chulha Stove

Report on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.

Allison Arieff|Projects

WeCommune

WeCommune offers a technology platform for people who want to share resources and build community within particular subcultures.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Pizza Farm

Report on Project M at Winterhouse's Pizza Farm event in rural Connecticut in August 2009.

Allison Arieff|Projects

Emergence

Emergence, a new massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) fosters diplomatic skills.

Ernest Beck|Projects

PACT Underwear

Report on PACT, an underwear company that embraces green manufacturing and donates a portion of its revenue to nonprofits.

Alec Appelbaum|Projects

FLAP Bag

Report on the FLAP bag, a multipurpose messenger bag for developing-world populations.

Julia Galef|Projects

Question Box

The Question Box project puts the developing-world poor just a phone call away from an internet search.