Concepts, prototypes, and just-launched ideas that may not have clear impact but have the potential to change how we think about an issue. Read about the winner, an in-store recycling machine that turns your old clothes into new garments.
Finalists
BioFuze, Paradise Textiles (Alpine Creations)
Fare2Care, SmithGroup
FLXdrive Battery Locomotive, Wabtec
Jiko, Fred & Farid Los Angeles
LAIIER.IO, Bare Conductive
Mojo Lens, Mojo Vision
Neuromorphic computing, Intel and Cornell
Project Natick, Microsoft
RadioGlobe, DesignSpark
SAM Suit, Arrow Electronics
SodaStream StreamO2, PepsiCo
Visual Weighing Machine, Wadhwani AI
Voatz, Voatz
Honorable Mentions
Ads for Positive Actions, Hulu
BlueSwell, SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium
Cabana, Even Health
COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, IBM
Google Maps Live View, Google
Health & Wellness Design Tool, HDR
Honeywell Quantum Solutions, Honeywell
Hyaline, Zymergen
Irrecoverable Carbon, Conservation International
LittleWins.com, LittleWins
Manifest Climate, Manifest
Mantarray, Curi Bio
MicroMapping, Merck
Neuromorphic-powered robotic arm, Accenture, Intel, and Open University of Israel
Opus X, Apellix
Readability for All, Readability Matters
Shimmering Wood, Structural Colour Studio, Aalto University
Stemloop, Stemloop
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