Gallery: 4 World-Changing Products Dreamed Up by Bill Gates

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    Artefact was tasked with inventing a portable power supply for homes living without access to an electrical grid. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    Their Juicebox solution accepts all manner of electrical inputs, and comes with a dynamo for converting mechanical energy into electricity... ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    ...So, for example, you could hook a windmill to a belt drive, and use the belt drive to turn the dynamo's spindle. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
  • Artefact went through dozens of prototypes seeing how the electrical components could realistically be fit together. ...
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    Artefact went through dozens of prototypes, seeing how the electrical components could realistically be fit together. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    New Deal Design was asked to create a "tricorder for farmers." But for the product, they referenced a classic farm implement: A walking stick. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    The bottom end would have sensors for moisture, pH, and nutrients, and would be activated by jabbing the staff into the ground. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
  • The sensors would communicate with a cellularconnected head. Here you can see the head's control ring Turning it would...
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    The sensors would communicate with a cellular-connected head. Here you can see the head's control ring: Turning it would activate a variety of information feeds, such as weather. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    Study models for the shapes and sizes of the head and sensor point. The main challenge was creating a head with a natural proportion for the hand, and a sensor with an attached tab that would allow the user to push it into the ground. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    A sketch of the form factors. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    An early sketch of New Deal's Yield concept. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    Frog was asked to come up with a comprehensive kit for taking care of babies after birth. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    Their concept, Healthy Baby, is a system of pre-natal vitamins, sterile birthing supplies, nutritional supplements, and scores of useful tools. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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    One brilliant detail: Frog created the kit with Uganda in mind, and Uganda is heavily Catholic. So one device they put into the kit was [CycleBeads](http://www.cyclebeads.com/), which help track fertility cycles and resemble a Rosary, thus allowing them to be used inconspicuously and intuitively. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
  • The vitamin packs are colorcoded to denote the passage of time. Ian Allen
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    The vitamin packs are color-coded to denote the passage of time. ![](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photo_icon4.jpg) Ian Allen
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