Hey Guys!
Today we nominated Safety Thirst for the Smart Company Awards. We will see what happens. Just have to put these ideas out there and see what happens. Fingers crossed. We have a while to wait. I have listed the time line below.
Nominations open: Tuesday 8 February 2011
Applications open: Tuesday 8 March 2011
Applications close: Friday 26 March 2011 (5pm)
I have also included the submission so that anyone can read it and provide feedback.Safety Thirst aims to bring safe drinking water to everyone across the whole world. Sounds impossible right? We have a surprisingly simple concept that makes it possible.
Microfluidic devices are used to test the water, the microfluidic devices are then photographed using a camera phone. The photo is then sent to an SMS gateway which then uploads to our software on the Internet. The software interprets the colours on the photo of the microfluidic devices and converts the results to numbers. The software then compares the levels to what they should be. The results are then sent via text message back to the person who conducted the test.
Training is required for people to know how to properly use this system. As such we are currently on the lookout for people with knowledge of the cultures in different developing countries to help work out how best to conduct the training. It is also recognised that this system will never compete with testing systems found in developed countries where individual tests cost thousands of dollars. The goal is to create a solution for developing countries that is comparable to those done by developed countries by costs less than one dollar per test.
Safety Thirst was recognised as an idea with the potential to change the world when it won the Sydney University Genesis best social enterprise business plan competition in 2010. Early 2011, Safety Thirst was presented to the Governor of Bali (the equivalent of Prime Minister in Australia). It is hoped that by the end of the year we will be ready to conduct our first real world trials in Bali.
The idea for Safety Thirst was originally conceived by Brett Samuel. Brett presented the idea to his business partner Peter who suggested that they apply their proprietary Newton’s Nerds information technology development processes to realise the Safety Thirst idea. Despite having many issues that need to be worked out Safety Thirst has snowballed into a large project involving medical researchers, chemical engineers, statisticians, university professors, engineers, philosophers, hardcore programmers, and entrepreneurs. Key members of the team at the moment include: Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, Valentina Cupac, Wei Ni Ma, Tim Scriven, Brett Samuel and Peter Evans.
It would be great to get your feedback.
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