YSIG grantees
Projects selected for the Resilience Innovation Challenge 4 Food Security and Improved Income Generation (RIC4FIG) support in the Southern Africa RI Lab
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Introduction
The Magnon is one of the Southern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab (SA RILab) innovation projects implemented in South Africa by a University of Pretoria student. The project falls under the Youth Spark Innovation Grant with the ultimate focus to improve Food Security and Improved Income Generation. Magnon, is a device that produces electricity from magnets (a generator that uses magnets to make electricity).
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04 Dec
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04 DecContinue Reading
Problem
Accurate medical diagnostics and shortage of diagnostic equipment is a challenge in the developing world. This is even truer for management of chronic diseases like asthma. Asthma induction and exacerbation is not clearly understood and has been a challenge to model and predict. As a result, cases of exacerbated and life threatening asthma are increasing.