Emerging Worlds

The REDX Mumbai innovation lab at the Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WeSchool) in Mumbai is developing novel and affordable health technology solutions for huge social impact. The innovations can scale quickly and easily, and are applicable to other resource-constrained areas. The REDX Mumbai lab was established in May 2015.

Solutions in progress

Apnea Rest Analysis Mask (ARAM) - a wearable device to screen and monitor sleep apnea

Aurito - a mobile-phone compatible camera to image conditions and infections of the middle ear

Cardio24 - a web platform-based screening tool to screen for cardiovascular diseases

Dermato - a mobile phone clip-on with a spectrometer that aims to diagnose skin conditions

Magvue - a portable mobile clip-on that turns a smartphone into an affordable video magnifier

SenseCam - a real-time camera-based emotion detection system

DISQ (Digital Impact Square) Center, a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Foundation initiative, opened in March 2016. Beginning five years ago with the Kumbhathon, led by Dr. Ramesh Raskar of the MIT Media Lab and the Kumbha Foundation, DISQ crowdsources grand challenges in education and skills, health and hygiene, housing and transportation, financial and personal security, citizen empowerment and transparency, food and agriculture, energy, water and environment.

Solutions in progress

HEROES - Ensuring zero loss of life due to non-availability of blood

ReWAT - Affordable smart metering system for non-revenue water management

FARMSS - Soil health data platform to increase soil productivity

LVP MITra is hosted at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute. The focus is on innovations for eye health. Medical professionals from major health centers, including LVPEI and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, provide mentoring and guidance. The focus is on building and deploying the next generation of screening, diagnostic and therapeutic tools to enable all to see.

Solutions in progress

JULIA - portable screening for refractive error

Open Indirect Ophthalmoscope - open source,
portable screening for retinal diseases

Pediatric Perimeter - detects neonatal eye diseases

PUPIL+ - binocular uses machine learning to quantify and measure pupillary and neurological responses to light stimuli