Articles by Krishna Vuppala

About Krishna Vuppala

I am passionate about technology & innovation with a mission to 'Accelerating Global Innovation'. I believe, that there exists an "innovation gap" and the current global innovation efforts to solve real meaningful challenges are moving at a slower pace! The reason, I believe, is lack of awareness of those challenges to the global talent! This blog is part of that journey to spread the word on the Problems (that are) Worth Solving! #ProWoSo

Need new Rice Milling Tech

March 20, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

Growing up in India, I remember visiting one of our uncles rice mill, it was so much fun to see paddy go in and come out good shiny rice! And of course there is a […]

‘Soft Costs’ of going Solar are still very high in US

March 19, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

Everyone of us, in general, even though we don’t regularly follow, know that solar installation/system (for your roof tops) prices are dropping rapidly. If you are interested in the current state of solar, here is […]

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest

February 2, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

This contest organized by Samsung, is for nationwide public schools from grades 6th to 12th. It challenges teachers & kids to apply STEM driven ideas to solve local problems and improve their local communities. You […]

‘Salty Concentrate’ is a key cost factor in Desalination

January 31, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 1

Most of us know that desalination is expensive but the major chunk of it also is to manage and dispose (especially inland) the salty concentrate that is a byproduct of the process! Along with the […]

Not all failures are equal!

January 31, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 1

Conventional wisdom, from the great success-after-failure stories, that we hear from the silicon valley, tells us that the success will follow you after the initial failure at your start-up. A study, by Professor Paul A. Gompers […]

Excuses that we use for not innovating

January 31, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 1

Have you heard people say things like, that is R&D’s job; boss will never go for it; Innovation is not our business; I am getting too old for this, etc etc. These are some of […]

It is not always the lack of tech/solutions for our global problems…

January 31, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

For the uninitiated the global problems are huge in scope and there are no technologies or solutions exist to solve them. There are two pieces of the puzzle. One is you need to break it […]

NSF ICorps : NSF’s Accelerator Program

January 31, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

We all know what a great fundamental scientific research is funded by NSF but for NSF and all the other funding organizations it has been a real challenge to get the discoveries out of the […]

Murder rates in American Cities is on the rise

January 29, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 0

Average homicide rate per 100,000 in US is 4.9 which is lower than the global average of 6.2. This is great but way worse if you compare US to other developed nations, whose average is […]

Lots of lives are lost before, during and after childbirth!

January 24, 2017 Krishna Vuppala 7

Lives of both the mother and baby are at risk for a variety of underlying reasons in poor and developing countries. Saving Lives at Birth #SLAB, a grand challenge for development has been launched to […]