Public Invention

The Global Distributed Tracking (GDT) project of the Global Open Source Quality Assurance System (which we lead) addresses the problem of substandard and falsified medical devices in the global supply chain. We have created an open-source fully encrypted, anonymously usable track-and-trace system that does not require authentication in low- and middle-income countries. This works by placing a QR code on a device, box, carton, or crate. Anyone with a smartphone can amend the history of the item or group of items. The website is live now: https://gosqas.org/.

EcoPot is an attempt to design more efficient cooking pot specifically for the one billion people on Earth who still cook on an open wood fire. This is very inefficient. It requires a great deal of fuel to be gathered or cut, keeping the poorest in poverty. It produces unhealthy smoke, and adds (slightly) to global warming. We are using computation fluid dynamics to attempt to design a more efficient design. This methodology will be shared with the world to create a "challenge", allowing all to participate. We may build a test apparatus for testing pots in miniature, and eventually in full family-size designs.