Sunday, November 23, 2008

Echoing Green and Desalination

The past few days, I have been working on a application for Echoing Green--a social entrepreneurship contest that awards up to USD 90k to winning fellows. The idea I have been working on was conceived by my friend Adam Stein, whose company Advantageous Systems, is in the process of producing medical devices that utilize nanotechnology.

Adam's idea utilizes a nanotechology to desalinate water. It is a very clever process that has great potential for being utilized in the developing world. The hardest part of the application has been crafting the correct message. The fellowship is quite demanding in regards to being very specific on what social issues your idea is seeking to help. Thus I have been putting a great deal of thought into what exactly is the core issue and why desalination helps in solving this issue.

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