My ASME iShow Experience

Last week, I had the privileged of attending the ASME iShow.  For anyone not familiar with the ASME iShow, it is a design competition for socially conscious products.  My role at the show was to offer consulting on how Fusion 360 could help the teams design their products.  

This year the ten finalists had a wide array of products that would impact people in multiple different ways.  Below is a list of the finalists:

MOTI
MOTI is an IOT device that will help people live happier lives, one habit at a time.

PayGo Energy
The Pay Go Smart Meter will help people in developing countries buy clean burning fuel on a pay-as- you-go basis.

Agua Pallet
Agua Pallet is a pallet that can deliver aid, then be converted into a hand cart for transporting water and other goods.

Otter Warmer
Otter Warmer is a newborn conductive warmer designed to treat premature newborns vulnerable to hypothermia.

The CRAPPER
The CRAPPER is an affordable, water-less composting toilet that will safely treat human waste.

NODE
NODE is a low cost, GSM/GPRS enabled, Arduino based, rugged universal data monitoring unit.

Stove Trace
Stove Trace is a cloud-based remote monitoring system for clean cook-stoves, and offers financial incentives to rural households to use the clean cook-stoves.

AMPARO
AMPARO is redefining prosthetic care by creating a socket that is easier to fit, thus shortening the wait time for prosthesis.

Hydorsac
The Hydrosac is a flexible hydroponic/aquaponic system.

Buoy
Buoy is a connected whole-house device that gives homeowner's leak detection and detailed data on water consumption.

PayGo Energy, AMPARO, and Buoy received grants to further their work.  All of the products at the show were all deserving of recognition for the impact they could make to society.  All the teams received great advise from a host of experts on how to get these products to market.  I really enjoyed the product pitches on Thursday afternoon.  I like the show Shark Tank, and the pitch process was a lot like that.