Smart Futures Lab

Electrifide is a product design and engineering consulting company mainly focused on development of concepts and prototypes in the digital and electromechanical realms.

Blind Institute of Technology is an organization with boots on the ground in the Denver metro area working hard to advance the professional opportunities for people with disabilities. We’re a small, passionate team with a dynamic blend of backgrounds, disabilities, experiences, and motivations, doing whatever we can to get the job done.

SWAP is is solving one of the challenges that's preventing electric vehicles from becoming a practical form of mobility.

GlobeWater & Solar is about clean water and clean energy to create, maintain and protect safe living conditions for women, children and their communities.

GridMatrix develops software aimed at alleviating traffic congestion, reducing emissions, and enhancing safety in urban environments. By leveraging existing infrastructure, such as intersection cameras and other sensors, GridMatrix provides real-time insights and analytics that optimize intersection efficiency. The software processes data from these sources in conjunction with cloud-based mobility information, allowing cities to autonomously manage traffic flow, adaptively time traffic signals, and anticipate potential congestion and accidents. This innovative approach enables urban areas to improve overall traffic management and safety while minimizing environmental impact.

Caliola Engineering specializes in providing technical products and services that facilitate secure communications in challenging environments. The company focuses on delivering solutions such as wireless communications, cryptography, protected maritime satellite communications, software-defined radio, and machine learning. These services are designed to support defense initiatives as well as research and development activities. Caliola Engineering aims to assist government agencies in addressing mission-critical challenges by ensuring reliable and secure communication capabilities.

Snowbotix is a complete, all-electric, multipurpose utility robot for off-road vegetation management and winter snow removal.

inCitu is a social-impact software application focused on democratizing urban planning through community engagement and augmented reality. The platform allows users to visualize proposed projects by overlaying 3D models onto the existing environment, providing a realistic representation of future developments. By leveraging augmented animations, inCitu effectively demonstrates the potential impact of these projects while facilitating the collection of feedback from local residents. This approach enables clients to better understand community perspectives and fosters informed decision-making in urban development.

A.D. Knight focuses on enhancing the safety of pedestrians and vulnerable road users through innovative technology that utilizes mobile phones and connected devices for passive data collection. By prioritizing user privacy, the company provides municipalities, road operators, and asset owners with tools to prevent accidents and manage traffic effectively. Their solutions deliver real-time traffic safety alerts to various road users, including pedestrians and those using micro-mobility options. A.D. Knight's technology is particularly valuable in low-light environments, allowing for better detection and protection of individuals, ultimately contributing to safer urban environments for walking, jogging, riding, and driving.

Tappy Technology is a smart city technology that helps cities, it's infrastructures, businesses and transportation systems become smarter for people with disabilities. Transportation is defined as the movement of people and goods from Point A to Point B. But, how does an individual with a disability navigate to, or even identify Point A? What happens to them after arriving close to Point B if their mode of transportation does not complete their journey? One of mobility’s toughest challenges for an individual with a disability is providing a safe and simple solution to the First Mile/Last Mile navigation problem. Riders with a disability struggle to travel this short distance to or from a transit stop and points of interest because of physical or other limitations. Tappy Guide mobile application, provides navigation to help locate and identify pick-up and drop-off locations, and building entrances and exits. The user-friendly technology eliminates the First Mile/Last Mile navigation problem such as true, point-to-point, demand-response service.

Herculean Feats supports a sustainable and equitable built environment with innovation.

LAZARILLO is a company that focuses on enhancing the independence of individuals with visual impairments through its mobile application, Lazarillo. Launched in 2016 and based in Santiago, Chile, the app utilizes geo-referencing technologies to provide users with voice notifications and warnings about their current location and nearby services in both English and Spanish. It allows users to navigate urban environments autonomously, explore their surroundings, utilize various transportation options, and search for specific destinations. Additionally, the application enables users to save their favorite places and trace their routes, facilitating easier access to public spaces such as parks, museums, universities, and shopping centers. By promoting greater autonomy, LAZARILLO aims to create more inclusive and accessible urban experiences for people with disabilities.