MIT-developed system runs autonomously, producing 1,000 liters per day.
September 11, 2013New open-source online maps generated by MIT students provide details of urban supply chains.
September 9, 2013International summit fosters ways of producing everything from food to flooring, using discarded materials.
August 31, 2012Sun-powered system developed by MIT students could provide electricity, heat and cooling to rural schools and clinics.
August 6, 2012Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, but systems are needed to keep it clean.
March 5, 2012In 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.
December 12, 2011MIT undergraduate travels to Mexico in hopes of documenting and preserving ancient linguistic phenomena — and the culture behind them.
October 6, 2011Devices to improve lives in developing countries are so appealing that even the initial prototypes attract buyers.
August 26, 2011For some of the world’s poorest people, the biggest impact can come from fostering creative problem-solving.
May 9, 2011After years of development, production of ceramic-pot water filters should soar with opening of new facility.
May 6, 2011Brazilian waste pickers gain an inexpensive way to fuel their vehicles using leftover cooking oil.
February 24, 2011Ghanaian high school students share alternative energy ideas with rural village.
December 8, 2010Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.
November 19, 2010MIT team designs solar-powered portable desalination system to use in disaster zones and remote regions.
October 15, 2010MIT-led student team develops mobile-device software to help improve health-care accessibility in remote regions.
September 27, 2010Low-cost portable ventilator could be a lifesaver for people in remote locations and for hospitals in the developing world.
July 15, 2010Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
June 23, 2010Conference focuses on the present and future of technology-enabled learning worldwide
May 28, 2010How MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child
May 27, 2010For the second time in the last five years, the MIT men’s basketball team will travel abroad to Taiwan to participate in the Fifth Annual Kainan University International Basketball Invitational.
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