Targeting product design for the developing world
The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur.
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks refines the sequel to iRobot
Rodney Brooks’ startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment.
Fourth Edition of Building Global Innovators announces the 20 semi-finalists
Technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship initiative of the MIT Portugal Program produces tangible results
Amar Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56, Bose Corporation’s founder, has died at 83
Entrepreneur served on faculty for 45 years; championed long-term corporate research.
Finding harmony with big data
Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.
Study details the quirky geography of knowledge-sharing
Research indicates how man-made boundaries limit patent citations.
Wealth of words
Professor Deb Roy’s technology company, which recently sold to Twitter, analyzes social-media conversations about TV.
Cooking up innovation
An MIT alumnus brings solar-powered cookers to the people of the Himalayan plateau, helping end their dependency on biomass fuels.
3 Questions: Fiona Murray on female entrepreneurship
MIT professor discusses her research on the challenges facing women entrepreneurs, as well as possible solutions.
Opening Dropbox
MIT alumnus Drew Houston took Dropbox from conception to a multibillion-dollar business.
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues.
Starting up — again and again
MBA student Danny Castonguay finds a thrill in starting new companies.
Meet the maker
MIT alumna Limor Fried has become a pioneer of the ‘maker movement’ with her multimillion-dollar company.
A new kind of chemical ‘glue’
Method for attaching molecules to metal surfaces could find applications in medicine, electronics and other fields.