{"192731":{"#nid":"192731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dare to Care: Improve Society, Environment with Ideas to SERVE Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERolls of tubing, uncoiling from helicopters, creating new pipelines in mere minutes; human waste, treated by the sun instead of an expensive sewer system. Is this the infrastructure of the future? If some recent Georgia Tech grads have anything to do with it, the answer will be yes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach spring, dozens of students on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus compete in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/i2s\/\u0022\u003EIdeas to SERVE (I2S) Competition\u003C\/a\u003E, an event for students who have innovative ideas for improving the world. While many of the participants graduate and go on to professional careers elsewhere, others continue pursuing their projects after graduation, hoping to bring them to reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized\u0026nbsp;by Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, I2S is open to all Georgia Tech students (graduate and undergraduate) and recent alumni. I2S is a competition of ideas where creativity, imagination and technology are applied to solving social issues and sustaining our environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose who would like to compete in the 2013 I2S Competition must submit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/i2s\/Application.html\u0022\u003E\u0022intent to compete\u0022 forms\u003C\/a\u003E, executive summaries of their business concepts, and short video pitches by March 26.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe preliminary round of the I2S competition will be a poster showcase on April 5, followed by competition finals and an awards ceremony at a special IMPACT event on April 10. Up to $20,000 in various prize categories will be awarded.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPast Winner Making Headway Via Helicopter\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne past I2S team,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thetohl.com\/\u0022\u003ETOHL\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(who placed third in 2012), has made headway with its concept to increase efficiency and decrease costs associated with remote fluid transport (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_vkmSIEaqiQ\u0026amp;feature=player_embedded\u0022\u003Esee YouTube video\u003C\/a\u003E). The innovation was first conceived in the wake of the Haiti earthquakes when TOHL\u2019s Apoorva Sinha envisioned a fluid transport system that would cost effectively and efficiently deliver fluids to earthquake victims.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe innovative TOHL system involves un-spooling large rolls of coiled tubing from helicopters. The flying system quickly \u201cbuilds\u201d a temporary infrastructure system, which is often needed to efficiently deliver water to disaster-stricken areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the idea of dropping infrastructure from a helicopter may seem far-fetched to some, TOHL has already successfully tested the model. After receiving funding from Start-Up Chile in 2012, the team conducted a successful simulation of their system. Working in a mountainous region in rural Chile, the helicopter system installed a one-kilometer pipeline in less than nine minutes, demonstrating the concept\u2019s ability to quickly provide fluids to remote areas in an \u201con-demand\u201d manner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter their successful initial test run, the company was featured by several prominent news outlets including\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EReuters\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E, and\u003Cem\u003EThe Economist\u003C\/em\u003E. TOHL has also been successful with its fundraising efforts, attracting multiple donors. In October 2012, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced that TOHL had won StartUp Atlanta\u0027s $10,000 Entrepreneur Video Competition. The team also won $35,000 a pitch competition in Chile and a mention from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolar Toilets to Save Lives\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sanivation.com\/\u0022\u003ESanivation\u003C\/a\u003E, another 2012 I2S contestant, developed a concept to help people in developing countries who lack access to basic facilities that treat human waste (a problem that contributes to disease and death).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince winning the most market-ready prize at I2S, Sanivation has continued to refine its idea for a solar latrine system. The team is working to provide an affordable, environmentally friendly and sustainable way to sanitize human feces without expensive, first-world infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo further its efforts, Sanivation has sought support from various international aid organizations. Recently, the team progressed to the final rounds of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\u2019s \u201cReinvent the Toilet Challenge\u201d and the USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Program. The team also presented at the Dry Toilet Conference in Finland and was also selected to present at three other\u0026nbsp;prominent\u0026nbsp;conferences, including the UNC Water and Health Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to fundraising, Sanivation continues to conduct basic operations, installing innovative toilets around the globe \u2013 as well as a solar dehydrating toilet at the popular Burning Man Festival.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECreativity, imagination and technology are applied to solving social and environmental issues.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Creativity, imagination and technology are applied to solving social and environmental issues."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-18 12:23:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Kristen 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