First Place: Tensegrity Prosthetics, Jerome Rifkin
Tensegrity Prosthetics, Inc. has created the first major technological advancement for prosthetic feet in the past 25 years. The company will initially manufacture the product while it builds a distribution network through prosthetists and distributors. Tensegrity has created a working prototype of its first product, called “The Liberator,” which incorporates information that details the complex workings of the human foot.
Second Place: Apropos Magazine
Apropos Magazine’s mission is to provide the knowledge that powers today’s woman. It represents a lifestyle and toolkit type of publication for the single woman, between 25-44. The magazine presents facts, information and instructional content covering a variety of topics including technology, home and car care and repair, finance, career and much more. Apropos will fill an existing gap in the magazine industry for addressing how single women can learn how to take care of themselves financially and become successful.
Third Place: Bright Light Innovations
Bright Light Innovations will develop and distribute improved cook stoves that will produce electricity for home use while also reducing biomass consumption by 70%. The initial product, The Starlight Stove, utilizes a thermo-electric generator to convert heat from the stove into electricity, which can then be used for lighting or stored in a battery and used at a later time.
Finalist: Cosotec
Cosotec, which stands for collegiate social technologies, is a nonprofit, membership-based association which promotes university-community partnerships to develop technologies for the needy. Science, engineering, and business students from universities across the country will apply their education through intergrated project teams to solve real-world problems based on technology solutions for needy clients. Cosotec facilitates this process by providing services to make the university collaborative work efficient and effectively.
Finalist: Rocky Mountain Forest Fuel Inc.
Rocky Mountain Forest Fuel Inc. seeks to provide a cost effective and environmentally friendly heating source to homes and businesses. The result will be to lessen the monetary burden of rising energy prices while simultaneously assisting the federal government in keeping forests healthy and in utilizing forest thinning byproducts such as wood pellets for stoves and fuel.
Finalist: Progressive Health Center
Progressive Health Center (PHC), a Colorado non-profit corporation, will offer patients with neurological disorders the highest caliber services from complementary and holistic practitioners who are able to integrate their treatment with conventional medical treatments. The company will provide low-cost or no-cost complementary medicine to people suffering from neurological diseases.
