Products of progress
From bike-mounted maize shellers to solar lamps, startup brings more efficient tools to rural Tanzania.
Small engine packs a punch
Startup’s rotary engine, based on novel thermodynamics, is lighter, quieter, more efficient than counterparts.
Better malaria detector wins MIT $100K
Faster, more accurate diagnostic device takes home grand prize; others earn thousands in funding.
Creating a permanent bacteria barrier
Startup Semprus Biosciences develops a permanent solution for keeping bacteria off implanted medical devices.
3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Annual business-plan contest awards $257,000 in total.
Arts at MIT add an artistic boost to the Institute’s entrepreneurial scrum
New $10,000 Creative Arts Competition to reward best arts-focused business plan
MSMS student taps MIT Sloan to power energy research
As a student in the Master of Science in Management Studies program, Vikalp Sabhlok examines ways to improve energy distribution systems in developing countries.
High probability of success
MIT alumnus and entrepreneur Ben Vigoda took his probability-processing technology to market with help from the Institute.
The half-billion-dollar idea
While at MIT, alumnus Todd Zion developed an insulin product that ultimately drew the attention of a pharmaceutical giant.
Sloan student is dressed for success — in her own line of clothes
Aminata Kane MBA ’13 aims to have a positive social impact on the African continent while making great-fitting clothes.
Destination known
Leaders for Global Operations student Jan Ma plans to explore the world, and make it better.
Mechanical engineering’s condiment-bottle coating gives waste the slip
MIT $100K competition runner-up LiquiGlide developed out of Varanasi group
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.