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How can patients and clinicians reach the diagnostic tests they need, even when those tests are unavailable nearby?

Carmensa is a personal AI agent being developed to find suitable laboratories, obtain confirmed options, and coordinate referrals from request to results. Its initial focus is diagnostic access across Africa and beyond.

Building on TC’s clinical-intelligence initiative, the current product direction focuses on diagnostic availability, referral feasibility, and the coordination needs of patients, clinicians, and local laboratories.

How can Africa build more of the biomedical materials its diagnostic services depend on?

The initial product direction is diagnostic protein production: investigating scalable, cost-conscious ways to develop materials used in diagnostic applications. A specific protein and validated production process remain to be established.

The wider program explores platform technologies for local biomanufacturing, aiming to strengthen biomedical self-reliance and support locally developed diagnostic solutions.

What if distance did not prevent you from seeing a place through someone who is there?

Vue Vision is a prototype for live, user-directed visits led by local guides. People abroad—including members of the African diaspora—could visit shops, marketplaces, and familiar neighborhoods remotely.

The connectivity program investigates real-time telepresence, participation, and exchange across distance. The proposed service pairs remote visitors with local guides, with platform revenue from completed paid visits.

How can people communicate where they are going before a taxi stops?

Ellen is a visual vehicle-hailing device prototype that uses signals to communicate travel intentions. It is the first product direction within Proteus Adventures’ broader ambition to help people move through and explore the world.

Proteus Adventures brings together mobility technology and exploration. Its starting point is everyday roadside communication, with a longer-term interest in technologies and experiences that make exploration more accessible.