Haptic Directions
Navigating a new area can be challenging even for the most experienced traveler. Staring at your phone to navigate is a safety hazard that can lead to injuries among pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles. Haptic Directions is a portable, compact device that gives you turn-by-turn directions through a series of vibrations. This device can benefit travelers, the visually impaired, and most everyone else.

Journey of a Cancer Cell
Cancer is a frightening diagnosis, especially for children who may not fully understand the causes, prognosis, and treatments. Journey of a Cancer Cell is an educational game for children that follows a cancerous cell as it develops and travels through the human body. Throughout the game, information about cancer is presented in child-friendly ways, and mini-games help deepen the player’s understanding of cancer.

Pitchimo
Each year, thousands of baseball players suffer preventable repetitive motion injuries caused by overhand throwing. These injuries can lead to painful surgery, rehabilitation, and loss of playing time. Pitchimo is a smart compression sleeve that alerts players and trainers to potential problems—before an injury occurs. With Pitchimo, muscle sensors monitor fatigue and an inertial measurement unit monitors body mechanics and the force of throws.

Branch
Emergency preparedness is a vital part of running any school. Branch is a seamless Internet of Things (IoT) solution for teachers and faculty to implement emergency response protocols, classroom controls, facilities management, and student information services with the touch of a button, all on a simple dashboard. Branch allows teachers and students to focus their time on learning, rather than worrying about potential emergencies.

Hard Choices
Homelessness is a major problem in the San Francisco, California Bay Area, yet misconceptions about the causes and solutions are common. Hard Choices is an educational game that puts the player in the shoes of one of our low-income Bay Area residents. The players develop empathy as they experience a multitude of factors that result in homelessness and housing insecurity.

Redd the Travel Bot
California’s redwoods, the tallest and largest trees on Earth, are home to a myriad of species of plants and animals, and yet their conservation and care remain an issue. It’s challenging to mobilize people to protect this essential ecosystem without first experiencing its beauty and power. Redd is a chatbot, built on Oracle Digital Assistant, designed to help people plan a trip to California's redwood forests and learn simultaneously.

Auto Flöte Clean
Proper maintenance of musical instruments increases their lifespan and preserves the proper tones. Auto Flöte Clean is an automated flute-cleaning machine that takes a time-consuming, boring chore and makes it easy and fun. Comprised of four 3D-printed components, it uses Arduino programming and mechanical engineering to detect and clean each part of the flute.