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What is GRAIN? GRAIN stands for Global Responsibility and Innovation Network. It is a globally responsible social network that connects the academic, private, and professional communities to actively design technologies and implement solutions for sustainable development.
What does ‘globally responsible innovation’ mean? Globally Responsible Innovation is a mindset that strives to incorporate perspectives across cultures, disciplines and organizations in order to generate projects or products that are successful and sustainable -- culturally, economically and environmentally-- from idea to implementation.
What can GRAIN do for me? GRAIN provides a connections between a multi-disciplinary network of academics, entrepreneurs, professionals, and organizations to facilitate sustainable global development. Depending on your role, we can connect you to projects or participants that will help you acheive your specific vision of a sustainable future.
Whether you have a project of your own, or you are inspired to contribute to an existing project, GRAIN provides the framework to ensure there is alignment for you and all parties on the project, and that you have the necessary tools to increase the success rate of your project.
Featured GRAIN Projects:
From prosthetics to the $10 computer, GRAIN is currently working on several major projects designed to inspire, initiate, and implement worldwide collaboration towards globally responsible innovation.
1. GRAIN has partnered with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) to expand in a globally responsible way. From setting up a database, to creating the infrastructure for BMES societies to form collectively, GRAIN provides the Innovation Network Process™ for biomedical engineers to:
· dialogue
· collaborate
· integrate global perspectives
when designing and implementing their projects and processes.
2. Additionally, GRAIN is actively synthesizing opportunities for bioengineering students to go global for:
· internships
· research exchanges
· field-based engineering projects
GRAIN has facilitated a mutually benefical collaboration between the University of California San Diego Biomedical Engineering Society student chapter and the Student Society for Biomaterials at Denmark Technical University. This collaboration also opens the door for BMES to expand across Scandinavia and across mainland Europe that affiliated partners with the new North American-European partnership. GRAIN is also in the initial stages of connecting Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with UCSD and BMES. In March, 2008, Garrett Smith, co-founder of GRAIN, visited interested faculty and students in Singapore, and identified student leaders and faculty that would be interested in starting a BMES international chapter and participate in GRAIN related projects. Through facilitating the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) International Project, GRAIN has established collaborative partnerships with students and professors in Southeast Asia, the United States, and Scandinavia.
3. GRAIN Co-founder Derek Lomas has spent 9 months living in Mumbai, India 2007-2008, researching, designing, and initiating the following innovative globally responsible projects:
N E W S
Subject: Message from Neerja Raman
Stanford University is holding an online casestudy competition with 10 entries of real
people around the world making a difference for the sustainable energy
future of us all.
Full Message and List of Casestudies in Competition
GRaIN Blog
Resources:
Notes:
Distributed collaboration network
Grainium a place for people to put their heads together to solve some of the world's greatest problems
Data - information - knowledge
What does ‘globally responsible innovation’ mean? Globally Responsible Innovation is a mindset that strives to incorporate perspectives across cultures, disciplines and organizations in order to generate projects or products that are successful and sustainable -- culturally, economically and environmentally-- from idea to implementation.
What can GRAIN do for me? GRAIN provides a connections between a multi-disciplinary network of academics, entrepreneurs, professionals, and organizations to facilitate sustainable global development. Depending on your role, we can connect you to projects or participants that will help you acheive your specific vision of a sustainable future.
Whether you have a project of your own, or you are inspired to contribute to an existing project, GRAIN provides the framework to ensure there is alignment for you and all parties on the project, and that you have the necessary tools to increase the success rate of your project.
Featured GRAIN Projects:
From prosthetics to the $10 computer, GRAIN is currently working on several major projects designed to inspire, initiate, and implement worldwide collaboration towards globally responsible innovation.
1. GRAIN has partnered with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) to expand in a globally responsible way. From setting up a database, to creating the infrastructure for BMES societies to form collectively, GRAIN provides the Innovation Network Process™ for biomedical engineers to:
· dialogue
· collaborate
· integrate global perspectives
when designing and implementing their projects and processes.
2. Additionally, GRAIN is actively synthesizing opportunities for bioengineering students to go global for:
· internships
· research exchanges
· field-based engineering projects
GRAIN has facilitated a mutually benefical collaboration between the University of California San Diego Biomedical Engineering Society student chapter and the Student Society for Biomaterials at Denmark Technical University. This collaboration also opens the door for BMES to expand across Scandinavia and across mainland Europe that affiliated partners with the new North American-European partnership. GRAIN is also in the initial stages of connecting Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with UCSD and BMES. In March, 2008, Garrett Smith, co-founder of GRAIN, visited interested faculty and students in Singapore, and identified student leaders and faculty that would be interested in starting a BMES international chapter and participate in GRAIN related projects. Through facilitating the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) International Project, GRAIN has established collaborative partnerships with students and professors in Southeast Asia, the United States, and Scandinavia.
3. GRAIN Co-founder Derek Lomas has spent 9 months living in Mumbai, India 2007-2008, researching, designing, and initiating the following innovative globally responsible projects:
 | $10 TV Computer This is a collaborative effort to develop effective educational software for sub-$20 dollar 8-bit "TV computers." We believe that these existing computers could serve as a platform for locally-relevant, effective educational software for middle income families, particularly in developing economies. |
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N E W S
Subject: Message from Neerja Raman
Stanford University is holding an online casestudy competition with 10 entries of real
people around the world making a difference for the sustainable energy
future of us all.
Full Message and List of Casestudies in Competition
GRaIN Blog
Resources:
Notes:
Distributed collaboration network
Grainium a place for people to put their heads together to solve some of the world's greatest problems
Data - information - knowledge
