SDG 3 Power Solutions

  • See some existing people and SDG 3 solutions to inspire you
  • Get ideas and templates to take your solutions to the next level

SDG 3 POWER SOLUTION 1

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The SpesDojo team from Nagoya, Japan created the mobile app Oripal, a breakthrough in tackling Japan’s aging crisis and the global dementia challenge.

As one in three Japanese individuals becomes a senior by 2025 and caregiving labor falls short, Oripal steps in. This innovative app utilizes the therapeutic art of origami for dementia prevention, offering simple 3D lessons. Oripal goes beyond, creating a community space for collaborative activities.

Specifically designed for the elderly, an AI avatar ensures user-friendly guidance. It strikes a balance between tradition and technology, addressing global health concerns while preserving Japan’s cultural heritage. We are crafting memories, one fold at a time. Origami to fight dementia

Here is the OriPal technical video.

Lily Negishi and Akari Kawaguchi from the SpesDojo team talk about their project and their process for creating OriPal.

SDG 3 POWER SOLUTION 2

We have another great example of a health and well-being app that was created by Technovation alumna and Student Ambassador, Jessica Schmilovich.

Jessica Schmilovich

Jessica S. is a high school senior from South Florida. She’s passionate about using technology to make a difference in digital awareness and health-related advancements. Growing up as a first-generation American born to Hispanic immigrant parents has taught her the importance of perseverance, empathy, and community. Her intellectual curiosity drives her to explore computational neurobiology and machine learning, and she takes pleasure in translating complex ideas into accessible learning experiences in both English and Spanish.

Her work in technology has been recognized nationally and globally, including being a 2025 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) National Winner, 2024 Congressional App Challenge Winner, 2024 Technovation Girls Global Semifinalist, and 2025 American Computer Science League (ACSL) International Silver Medalist. She strives to create inclusive environments where every individual can build confidence in using technology to address real-world issues. Alongside her work in tech, she’s a passionate vocalist with a genuine love for musical theater, jazz, and classical performance. Whether she’s coding or singing, she finds joy in connecting with others and bringing ideas to life.

The app is called Flip the Switch and won the Congressional App Challenge in 2025. 

The app is made using Javascript and React Native. The app provides mood tracking, AI-powered advice to reframe negative thoughts, and AI-driven challenges to uplift users. Learn how to use GenAI APIs in a React app.

View Jessica's Tutorial
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Flip the Switch Positive Advice screen

TECHNOVATION ALUMNA ENTREPRENEUR

Ananya Grover is a Technovationi alumna who has recently created her own startup company to launch her app, HealCycle., an app that helps with mood swings, hormonal imbalance, and intense PMS or PMDD symptoms. Let’s learn more about her.

Ananya Grover

Ananya recently graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science with honors, along with certificates in Cognitive Science, Technology and Society, and Creative Writing. Currently, She is currently working on HealCycle with a mission of improving care for women with premenstrual mood disorders, funded by Princeton’s Henry Richardson Labouisse ‘26 Fellowship and an Output/ReachOut Grant.

Previously, Ananya interned at Apple and at the German Aerospace Center, headed web development at The Daily Princetonian, and led IgniteSTEM, a non-profit transforming K-12 STEM education.

Ananya participated in Technovation in 2019 and her team was a finalist for their app, Maitri, which allows children at orphanages to spend time with senior citizens in old-age homes, thus improving their social and mental well-being. 

And now Ananya is on a new entrepreneurship journey with her app, HealCycle. Learn more about her story below. Click on each question to hear Ananya’s answer.

OTHER SOLUTIONS

Are you ready to start building your own app that solves some health and well-being issue in your community? If so, you can watch a technical tutorial that builds on Oripal, review the Flip the Switch tutorial, or check out other technical tutorials, by clicking the button. Or you can check out some other solution ideas below.

View Technical Tutorials

Here are a few more solutions to spark ideas for you for SDG 3. Click each tab to see some possible features and what coding components you could use to build a similar app.

HEALTHSPHERE

This health education app increases health literacy for users. 
Click on each image below to see a possible feature and how you might implement it.

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Voice-activated assistant providing health information in multiple languages
You can use the SpeechRecognize and TextToSpeech components as the interface, and a Translator, component to provide the information in the desired language. Information can be provided using a set of health APIs or possibly a trained chatbot.
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Use of Augmented Reality to demonstrate basic medical procedures
You could use an API to provide the augmented reality feature. You can also code the AR feature in Unity or javascript and then implement it in the app with a WebViewer component.
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Provide simulated emergency situations and quiz the user on correct action to take
You can use Images or Videos to provide the scenario. Then a simple RadioButton to allow the user to choose an action. You can gamify this with a leaderboard and badges.
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Uses location information to provide specific health information
You can use a Location Sensor to detect location of user, and then provide that to an AI chatbot to tailor the content based on health challenges in that region.

MedManager

This app would be a way for users to manage their medications, through reminders, information, and communication with healthcare providers.
Click on each image below to see a possible feature and how you might implement it.

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Image recognition to identify pills and prescription
You can use the Camera to take a picture of medications and use an AI model to identify that it is the correct pill. You can also cross-check with prescription by scanning the prescription bottle and using an optical character reader API.
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Voice notifications to take medications
You can store the medication schedule in a local database like TinyDB and then use TexToSpeech to speak the reminders to the user, based on times using the Clock component.
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Provide secure data sharing with medical providers
Automatic Texting or using a cloud database to store information on medication habits.
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Automatically check medications for potential conflicts or side effect
You can use a cloud database or Web API of medications to search for any drug interactions that can be harmful as a double check. Provide Notifications as warnings to users of potential issues.

HealthHive

This could be a community health dashboard for local people to learn and share with each other.
Click on each image below to see a possible feature and how you might implement it.

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Push notifications for vaccination drives, health clinics, emergency alerts
You can use the Clock, Alert, and/or Push Notification to let users know upcoming events or alerts.
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Crowdsource health data in the community to identify issues
Use a cloud database to store the information, and then a Map component with Markers to display areas of concern. Users can post updates using TextBoxes and Buttons.
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Provide interactive videos on health topics
Using Videos or WebViewer components, allow users to learn more about topics like first aid, nutrition, hygiene, etc. Users can search for topics using a TextBox.
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Gamify health initiatives to encourage community engagement
You can promote health challenges using Labels, Images, Buttons. Engage users by displaying leaderboards, storing the information in a cloud database.
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