The iFestival encourages new technology, innovations that can make life simpler and easier as well as ideas that will change the state of the world overall. What may seem like a crazy little gadget could mean fresh water for villages in third world countries, increased protection for endangered wildlife, or food free of bacterial contamination. iFestival encourages those with the brains and vision to make the technologies become realities by making connections at the festival and signing up for demonstration time slots. Don’t let the opportunity to change our world pass you by. For inspiration check out some of these innovators of change that are changing how we see the world today.

• According the National Geographic Magazine Opthamologist Andrew Bastawrous of the United Kingdom developed an eye check system that can be used through smart phones. These systems are currently being implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa and other remote areas around the world.

• Microloans for women’s startups in India and Africa. Small investments are used to help women create small businesses to support themselves and their families. Without these microloans they would remain impoverished.

• The Hyperloop which is a mode of transportation consisting of two tubes that transport passenger pods at speeds of around 700 mph. The Hyperloop has been touted as a combination train/airplane and could very well be the transportation of the future.

• Bioprinting is a fairly new and innovative technology changing the health field as we know it. New cells for organ transplants and bone tissue are being printed with the use of 3D printers.

• Virtual reality glasses on being manufactured and sold by most leading tech companies such as Google and Samsung. These virtual tools can change the world of education and job training, military tactics, and even the potential to increase the possibility of space travel and exploration.