Award Sub-Category: Lifesaving & Life-Changing

With help from Arrow Electronics and IBM, Barcelona startup Prometeo’s wireless wearable senses heat, smoke and toxins and sends data to the Cloud for AI analysis. It alerts commanders to firefighters’ immediate danger and chronic exposures. Prometeo incorporates firefighter feedback and field data to continuously improve the solution end-to-end.

American Red Cross, Life™ Ring Buoy. Made from a patented, closed cell foam polyolefin, that is more buoyant, tear resistant, crack resistant, hydrophobic (repels body fluids), oil resistant, chemical and U.V. resistant and chlorine resistant. Has rescue grips molded into the design making it easier to grip, and easier to control and throw.

Explorer Mini is a first-of-its-kind powered mobility solution for toddlers with mobility impairments that facilitates self-initiated movement and exploration. Designed to support development, it is an ergonomic device that helps promote safe, stable upright postures while providing opportunities to improve strength, endurance and postural control.