Ideo.org, the design company's division for nonprofits, is just getting off the ground, but they've already found a few key things that any impact-based organization can learn from.
Building apps and devices that can save lives isn't what you normally expect from a startup incubator, but at Rock Health, they're reimagining what health care can be.
In the U.S. right now, seven out of every 10 pregnancies among unmarried women aged 18 to 29 are described--by women themselves--as unplanned. Those numbers are disheartening to Bill Albert, chief program officer of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "What we know about 18- to 29-year-olds is that an overwhelming number--90% of them--say they don't want to get pregnant," he says. "But only half are using contraception regularly and effectively."
Thinkers at IDEO are working with scientists to find a way to have E. coli bacteria form objects--like a coffee cup--when exposed to light. It's nature's version of 3D printing.
