Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

Members of the grand-prize-winning team in the MIT 100k Competition, from left to right, Krishna Yeshwant, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Hayat Sindi, Carol Waghorne, Jon Puz, Gilbert Tang.

Entrepreneurship contests reward energy, diagnosis plans

May 16, 2008

Incoming frosh numero 'uno' on invention list

May 14, 2008

Martin Fisher has won the 2008 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability for his work helping lift African farmers out of poverty through a combination of technological invention and business development.

KickStart co-founder receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

Inventor's irrigation pumps help lift African farmers out of poverty

April 23, 2008

Stated by Stata

April 4, 2008

Seven MIT research teams win Deshpande grants

Awarded $500K in total

March 19, 2008

MIT students Maria Luckyanova and Philip Garcia (at right) operate their prosthetic-fitting device at the Jaipur Foot Organization headquarters in India in January, as JFO specialists work on fitting a prosthetic leg on a patient.

A leg to stand on

March 5, 2008

MIT graduate student and synthetic biologist Timothy Lu has won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventing processes to combat bacterial infections by enhancing the effectiveness of antibiotics.

Bacteria beware: MIT student invents knock-out punch for antibiotic resistance

Timothy Lu awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventiveness

February 27, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer and faculty member Jeffrey Karp, both affiliated with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, display an adhesive they developed that was inspired by the gecko and may have medical and surgical applications.

MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage

February 18, 2008

A member of the Honduran woodcutting cooperative at work in the Biosphere Rio Platano, where they have been logging in a sustainable way under the guidance of the Rainforest Alliance and the State Forestry Administration.

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

February 13, 2008

MIT to review U.S. energy technology innovation

February 7, 2008

Avenue Queue: One long wait inspired career shift

February 6, 2008

Nicolina Akraboff, left, works on an MIT product engineering course project while Roderick La Foy looks on. The two mechanical engineering seniors were part of a team that sewed discarded, flattened plastic bottles together to create insulation for thin walls in Pakistani homes.

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

December 18, 2007

MITEI Energy Salon eyes opportunities

Google energy czar: 'Send us resumes!'

December 12, 2007

MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize established to drive innovative ideas to market

$200,000 cash for top prize to be awarded by NSTAR and DOE

November 28, 2007

MIT launches new global innovation initiative

November 19, 2007

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