Solving the world’s great challenges
Inaugural Solve conference concludes four days of talks, workshops, and discussions on global challenges.
Inaugural Solve conference concludes four days of talks, workshops, and discussions on global challenges.
MIT students partner with a clinic in Togo to improve health care for HIV/AIDS patients.
Minister Piyush Goyal meets with MIT Energy Initiative and Tata Center leadership, says of India’s electrification goals: “We will make it happen.”
Solve conference explores better ways to provide power, water, and food to billions of people.
Study of water filters used in Indian homes assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
Researchers design cheap prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion.
MIT team, working with villagers in India, designs peer-to-peer system to enable local power sharing.
Startup’s advertising platform provides free mobile data to prepaid cellphone users in developing countries.
Researchers apply computer vision technique to see tiny vibrations in large structures.
Ann Mei Chang of the U.S. Global Development Lab and Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation will deliver keynote addresses.
New image-analysis methods can automate identification of cost-effective sites for grants or microgrids.
Senior Yiping Xing’s view of health care draws upon research, public health, and policy.
First report of Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation offers new framework for assessment.
Collaboration to leverage D-Lab’s Creative Capacity Building methodology and the MicroConsignment Model developed by Soluciones Comunitarias.