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Deneille Guiseppi: The GOSQAS Project and Creativity in Tech

Public Inventor Deneille Guiseppi is a software developer working on the Global Open Source Quality Assurance (GOSQAS) website, a project headed by Invention Coaches Victoria Jaqua, Christina Cole, Robert Read, and Vincent Erdos. The GOSQAS system allows procurers of medical devices to record the received state of their devices before shipping them to the next […]

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Saicharan Vishwanatha: The Alarm Dialog Management (ADaM) Project

The Alarm Dialog Management (ADaM) project team has expanded the capacity of Public Invention’s existing alarm devices, the Krake and GPAD, by creating a system that prioritizes alarms for a given user. This places some of the decision making on the design algorithm and off the user, thus helping them avoid alarm fatigue.  Public Invention

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Morena Andres: Moonrat and EcoPot Open-Source Projects

Morena Andres is a former Public Invention volunteer who worked on the beginning stages of two key projects: the EcoPot and the Moonrat. As a recent chemical engineering graduate at the time of her application, Andres was interested in putting her new skills to the test in the world of open-source engineering. During her time

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Prajwal Shah and the NanoCap Table Project

The NanoCap Table: Open-Source in Equity Shares and Technology As a student at Purdue University studying computer science, Public Inventor Prajwal Shah became interested in broadening his professional horizons through volunteer work. He was motivated to gain hands-on experience working on active projects that were both relevant to his skillset, and impactful to those who

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En busca de reducción de tiempos de simulación

En busca de reducción de tiempos de simulación El proyecto EcoPot tiene como objetivo encontrar geometrías de recipientes más eficientes para cocinar con fuego de leña, previamente recolectada, al aire libre, como aún lo hacen mil millones de personas en el mundo. Para ello, se parte de ciertas suposiciones que permiten generar modelos geométricos en

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Public Invention Begins 6-month Oxygen Production Experiment at Kids Operating Room

Oxygen is a miracle drug for many conditions, and is absolutely essential for serious surgeries. Kids Operating Room (KidsOR)  (https://www.kidsor.org/) installs pediatric surgical theaters in the poorest countries of the world. Recently, they installed their 101st operating room, and have now performed 722,401 pediatric surgeries. Generally, these operating rooms use either bottled oxygen or pressure-swing

The Public Invention Demo Day and Fundraiser

On June 15th, Public Invention held its first in-real-life event since the pandemic in the Austin Public Library. We held a “demo day” demonstrating a lot of our physical inventions, and some software demos thrown in. Overall, it was a success, though the turnout was disappointing: we only met about 20 people that we had