Intel's INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge called for the best technology solutions to address four areas of global need – education, healthcare, economic development, and the environment. The Challenge was designed to inspire developers, individuals, and organizations to innovate and empower them to deliver new ways to apply technology to these issues. The INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge advances the commitment of the Intel World Ahead Program – to connect people to a world of opportunity.

From more than 200 submissions from 44 countries, four winners were awarded $100,000 to help fund their innovative ideas. Thanks to all for getting involved and being part of the solution.

CellScope: Telemicroscopy for Disease Diagnosis

Submitted by Daniel Fletcher, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
CellScope is a mobile microscopy system that turns camera-enabled mobile devices into handheld microscopes to provide a portable and inexpensive way to diagnose and monitor infectious diseases in the developing world.
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Great Lakes Cassava Initiative

Submitted by Michael Potts, Project Director, GLCI
GLCI provides technology-based education and data communication to help farmers combat cassava diseases, grow disease-resistant varieties and ultimately replant healthy fields to increase food security and income across the Great Lakes region in Africa. Click here for more information

Mobile Solar Computer Classroom

Submitted by Eric Morrow, Executive Director, Maendeleo Foundation
The Mobile Solar Computer Classroom brings computer education to schools in Uganda to provide students new opportunities in IT and to open doors to better paying jobs. Click here for more information

Rural Livelihood Enhancement

Submitted by Bibek Chapagain, Clean Energy Director, Winrock International
The Rural Livelihood Enhancement project is a proposal to deliver information and communication technology services using renewable energy to bring about economic development to rural communities in Nepal. Click here for more information