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 focuses on providing clean water and clean energy solutions to enhance living conditions for women, children, and their communities. The company develops innovative solar-powered water pumping systems that are equipped with smart technology and connectivity features. These off-grid mobile systems are designed to deliver immediate water infrastructure, particularly benefiting farmers and underserved populations. By leveraging renewable energy sources and advanced purification technology, GlobeWater & Solar aims to ensure reliable access to clean water during emergencies, thereby supporting community resilience and safeguarding health.

GridMatrix develops digital infrastructure software aimed at alleviating traffic congestion, reducing emissions, and minimizing accidents in urban environments. The company's innovative solution leverages existing city infrastructure, including intersection cameras and sensors, to gather real-time data. By processing this information alongside cloud-based mobility data, GridMatrix provides cities with actionable insights and analytics. This enables municipalities to autonomously manage traffic flows, optimize traffic signal timing, and predict potential congestion and accident hotspots, ultimately enhancing intersection efficiency and safety.

Caliola Engineering is a provider of technical products and services focused on ensuring secure communications in challenging environments. The company specializes in delivering advanced wireless communications, cryptography, protected maritime satellite communications, and software-defined radio systems. Additionally, Caliola Engineering offers expertise in machine learning and unmanned airborne systems, enabling government agencies to address mission-critical challenges effectively. Through its innovative solutions, the company supports defense and research and development activities, facilitating assured communication capabilities for its clients.

Snowbotix manufactures self-driving, electric robots designed for commercial snow removal. These robots can be equipped with various attachments, such as plows or brooms, to effectively clear snow in harsh weather conditions. By automating snow removal tasks, Snowbotix helps businesses reduce costs, enhance safety, and lessen environmental impact.

inCitu is a social-impact software application that focuses on democratizing urban planning through community engagement and augmented reality. The company has developed a platform that utilizes augmented animations to visualize proposed developments in real time, overlaying 3D models on existing environments. This innovative approach allows clients to assess the potential impact of projects while actively crowdsourcing feedback from local residents. By leveraging mapping technology, inCitu enables communities to envision future urban landscapes, fostering a collaborative dialogue between developers and citizens.

A.D Knight is a technology company focused on enhancing the safety of pedestrians and vulnerable road users through innovative solutions that leverage mobile phones and connected devices for passive data collection while ensuring user privacy. The company has developed technology that detects pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, allowing municipalities, road operators, and asset owners to improve traffic control and prevent accidents. By delivering real-time traffic safety alerts to all road users, including pedestrians and individuals using micro-mobility options, A.D Knight aims to create safer urban environments for walking, jogging, cycling, 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 develops a mobile application designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in navigating urban environments. Founded in 2016 and based in Santiago, Chile, the Lazarillo app provides users with voice notifications in both English and Spanish, informing them of their current location and nearby services. This technology empowers users to explore their surroundings independently, utilize various forms of transportation, search for specific destinations, save their favorite places, and trace routes. By leveraging geo-referencing technologies, the application enhances accessibility in public spaces such as parks, museums, universities, hospitals, and shopping centers, ultimately promoting autonomy for people with disabilities.