Jun 17, 2018, 07:24pm Maiko Schaffrath
1. Viome: Eliminating Disease Through Personalized Diets

Naveen Jain, founder of Moon Express and Viome, speaks at a panel on ‘Space won’t be the final frontier,’ at main stage in MEO Arena during 2016 Web Summit on November 9, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Getty Images)
2. The Ocean Cleanup: Eliminating Plastic From The World’s Oceans


Computer renderings of The Ocean Cleanup’s cleanup system floater.ERWIN ZWART/THE OCEAN CLEANUP
3. Simprints: Giving The World’s Poorest People Access To Public Services Through Identification


Simprints Identification Devices in UseSIMPRINTS
The lack of identification is one of the biggest factors that reinforce poverty in developing countries.
It prevents the world’s poorest from getting access to basic services such as health, education and voting.
Cambridge-based startup Simprints is setting out to solve this problem. The solution is a hardware device, combined with software which identifies people based on their fingerprints.
Organizations such as ARM, Autodesk as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are are backing the company. The company hopes to have a massive impact on poverty reduction. It is already working with aid organizations such as USAID & UK Aid to distribute development aid more effectively.
4. AeroFarms: Feeding A World Of 9bn People With Local Food Farming


AeroFarms underground farming facilityAEROFARMS
5. Impossible Foods: Battling Climate Change with Fake Burgers

In this photo illustration, a meatless ‘Impossible Slider’ sits on a table at a White Castle restaurant. The meatless burgers, which sell for $1.99, are about twice the size of White Castle’s regular sliders. The patties, made primarily of wheat protein and potato, are the first plant-based burgers sold in an American fast-food restaurant. (Photo illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Impossible Foods has attracted a lot of attention for producing a meatless burger that is already sold across the United States . Among others, fast-food chain White Castle introduced the burger earlier in 2018 .
Reviews have generally been positive, with many claiming that the taste is indistinguishable from meat. Celebrities such as Casey Neistat have given the brand an extra boost, as it expands across the U.S.
Tags: AeroFarms, aeroponics, local, Sustainability