Aviva Rutkin of New Scientist writes about the breast pump hackathon held at the MIT Media Lab. "These days, we have smart everything," says Catherine D’Ignazio, a research affiliate at MIT who co-organized the event. "Why isn't the breast pump a little bit smarter too?"
Carey Goldberg of WBUR writes about the winning designs from the MIT Media Lab’s breast-pump hackathon held over the weekend. The “Mighty Mom” utility belt “a fashionable, discreet, hands-free wearable pump that automatically logs and analyzes your personal data” took the first prize.
More than 150 people attended the “Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon” at the MIT Media Lab this weekend, reports Lauren Walker for Newsweek: “The event’s goal was to give the breast pump a much needed makeover—making it more efficient, more affordable and more comfortable for all moms.”
“More than 150 people gathered at the MIT Media Lab this weekend with a single goal: ‘Make the breast pump not suck!’” writes Nidhi Subbaraman for BetaBoston. “Over two days, teams brainstormed and then built prototype designs for the machine that moms almost universally love to loathe.”
Deborah Kotz writes for The Boston Globe about the breast pump hackathon held at the MIT Media Lab over the weekend: “First-prize, $3000 and a trip to Silicon Valley to pitch investors, went to the team that devised the Mighty Mom Utility Belt, a hands-free wearable pump that can be worn under clothes.”
Katie Levingston writes for Boston.com about the “Mighty Mom” system which took the first place prize in the Breast Pump Hackathon held at the MIT Media Lab. “[T]he ‘Mighty Mom’ is a discrete, wearable and smart utility belt for breast pumping,” writes Levingston.
Kate Levingston of Boston.com interviews mother and MIT Media Lab researcher Catherine D’Ignazio about the upcoming breast-pump hackathon at the Media Lab. As one of the organizers, D’Ignazio hopes the event will help to improve breast pump function and make breast pumping more acceptable in everyday life.
“It might not be the first thing that comes to mind after the word ‘hackathon,’ but organizers of an upcoming one at MIT say the world is long overdue for a better breast pump,” writes John Johnson for USA Today. The Media Lab event is slated for later this month.