A graywater recycling system retrofit, wearable robotics for infant should rehab and a reusable urine filter for diagnosing schistosomiasis are among the seven ventures selected for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) ISHOW Americas 2025. Three of the seven will go on to join the ISHOW accelerator as a part of the 2025 cohort chosen from ISHOW events in India, Kenya, and now the Americas.
ISHOW supports hardware-led solutions to global development challenges. The program focuses on early-stage ventures through a design and engineering review and its accelerator that offers mentorship, global networking, brand exposure and grants to prepare products for the market. ISHOW Americas will announce its three awardees during a virtual event on August 6th at noon, Eastern Daylight Time. Interested? Register here.
This year’s ISHOW Americas ventures address challenges in energy access, public health, water purification, and inclusive technology. Introducing the ventures of ISHOW Americas 2025:
BiliRoo (Portage, Mich., USA): A low-cost, non-electric infant jaundice treatment system that combines filtered sunlight phototherapy with skin-to-skin contact, usable in low-resource settings.
SchistoFilter, by Health In Your Hands Diagnostics (Houston, Texas, USA): A low-cost, reusable urine filter and diagnostic tool for collecting and identifying the eggs released from the Schistosoma haematobium parasite.
Cycleau, by LÆRO (Washington, D.C., USA): A compact graywater recycling system designed to retrofit under sinks and showers in aging buildings to recycle greywater while offering utility savings for low-income households.
OORB Open Organic Robotics (Sousse, Tunisia, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada): An open-source AI-native robotics development environment built on ROS2, leveraging modular hardware kits to facilitate greater access to and training about robotics systems for underserved students, researchers and engineers, including robotics design, simulation, deployment and control.
Raya Pod, by Raya Power (San Juan, Puerto Rico, and San Francisco, Calif., USA): A plug-and-play solar appliance designed to increase solar energy accessibility and affordability for lower-income households in North America to power essential loads.
DINA: Dynamic Infant Neurorehab Aid by Vianyumi (Baltimore, Md., USA): A soft robotic suit for shoulder range-of-motion rehabilitation therapy in newborns with brachial plexus palsy.
ClariWash Self-Washing Filtration System by WaterReach Ltd. (London, UK): A self-cleaning water purification system using clarification, filtration and disinfection to reduce water-borne diseases. It supports long-term access to safe water during disasters, and in remote and underserved areas.
ISHOW is supported by The Lemelson Foundation and other global partners. The program aims to ensure that physical products addressing social and environmental challenges are designed for scalability and sustainability. More than 250 ventures from over 35 countries have participated since the program’s launch.
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This organization, Engineering for Change, is a non-profit in the Engineering for Sustainable Development division of ASME. This article is based on a press release by ASME ISHOW. See the press release.
