México, nuevo programa de fomento a startups de salud

El Empresario de El Economista. Village Capital y Autodesk Foundation anunciaron su primer programa de desarrollo de startups de salud, que contará con la participación de 11 empresas en etapa temprana, enfocadas a la atención médica asequible y de calidad en México. Al final del programa, dos de las 11 empresas serán elegidas–por sus propios compañeros–para recibir una inversión de US$ 75.000…

What is it? A device called Showerloop which catches your water as it runs down the drain, sends it through several purifiers to clean it, and then pumps it back up to the showerhead to be reused. It was developed by Finnish designer Jason Selvarajan, alongside a small team at POC21 funded by an Autodesk Foundation grant.

It’s good because who doesn’t like taking long showers? The whole design is open source, so that other people can build it, and filters out objects, smells and chemicals found in the water on its way through the various purifiers. You can buy a DIY kit for the system on the Showerloop website.