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A team from the International Development Design Summit at MIT created a cable-car-like ropeway to transport goods uphill.

Improving people's lives, one device at a time

International workshop looks for simple solutions to big problems

August 8, 2008

Winners of the 2008 Biocant Ventures Prize from the MIT Portugal Program's Bio-Teams, from left: researcher John Jones and students David Malta, Mariana Fernandes and Tatiana Aguiar.

MIT Portugal students win entrepreneurship competition

Invention could help diagnose muscle wasting

July 23, 2008

Graduate student Erez Lieberman is working on an "iShoe" which uses technology developed by NASA to create an insole that could help elderly people keep their balance and prevent falls.

Balance problems? Step into the iShoe

MIT grad student's invention could one day prevent falls

July 16, 2008

MIT Global Startup Workshop's 12th annual conference to be held in Africa

July 15, 2008

Royce Chew from Singapore works on a low-cost water testing device at last year's International Development Design Summit at MIT.

A hands-on approach to Third World aid

Month-long IDDS workshop targets development through design

July 10, 2008

A livestock shelter in Kashmir. The community had used straw (a locally sourced material) as an infill between two corrugated galvanised iron sheets to make the shelter more comfortable for the livestock. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('itw-insul-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')"><span onmouseover="this.className='cursorChange';"><strong>Open image gallery</strong></span></a><no...

Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise

Work could impact millions around world

July 1, 2008

A ringing success

June 26, 2008

Dr. Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the 2008 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices, in addition to his lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship. Here, polymer expert DeSimone holds a drum of his PRINT molds, which can manufacture highly customizable and contro...

Polymer expert DeSimone wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

June 25, 2008

Lemelson-MIT's EurekaFest to celebrate inventing

June 24, 2008

The MIT-designed Digital Water Pavilion, featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images, was unveiled June 12 at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('zaragoza-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, winner of the Millennium Technology Prize for 2008.

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize

June 11, 2008

Tao Laoban works at cleaning one of the concrete solar cookers used in Tibet. A team of students, including some from MIT, has developed a more portable solar cooker.

Harnessing the Tibetan sun

Student project aims to reduce deforestation and lung disease

June 4, 2008

The Braille Pencil, winner of a $7,500 IDEAS award.

IDEAS Competition awards

June 4, 2008

The mesh of nanowires behind MIT's new material for absorbing oil and other organic pollutants, here shown at increasing magnifications (left to right).

MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills

Nanowire mesh can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil

May 30, 2008

MIT Legatum Center announces inaugural class of Legatum Fellows

Entrepreneurs aim to scale up enterprise solutions in developing markets

May 23, 2008

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