Using engineering savvy to improve product designs
From windmills to software, graduate student Ned Burnell creates better tools.
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USAID and MIT to co-host conference on innovative approaches to international development
TechCon 2016 will take place at MIT Nov. 10-12.
MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference set for April 1
More than 40 speakers from MIT and around the world will be featured in plenary and breakout sessions in this fourth-annual conference on innovation in poverty alleviation.
D-Lab Off-Grid Energy Group launches Solar Lighting Product Comparison Resource
Comparative charts enhance solar lantern purchasing decisions in the developing world.
A day in the sun
MIT Solar Day brings the MIT community together to preview the coming decades of solar energy innovation.
D-Lab and Tata Center team wins $100K Vodafone award for mobile stethoscope
Rich Fletcher and Daniel Chamberlain will use their winnings to field-test a low-cost mobile device to diagnose pulmonary disease in rural India.
Social enterprises empower communities
MIT students launch social enterprises that work with communities to foster financial and environmental sustainability.
Grant to MIT's Poverty Action Lab increases focus on working with governments
Support from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives seeks to improve policymaking in the fight against poverty.
Teaching development skills on three continents
Annual summit expands to three sessions, focused on recycling, health care, and empowering desert communities.
Elaine Kung '15 awarded $5,000 by MIT Tau Beta Pi to improve design of compost toilets
Continuing work begun on a D-Lab trip, Kung aims to reduce the costs and labor required to produce compost toilets in El Salvador.
Putting people before buildings
Architecture major Tiandra Ray designs spaces with a focus on community, not just aesthetics.
A breath of fresh air: D-Lab scales up cleaner cooking solutions
Under the leadership of Dan Sweeney, D-Lab Biomass Fuel and Cookstove Group researches and tests clean cooking products for the developing world.
Advancing "lean research" for improved international development
To help alleviate poverty, representatives from MIT D-Lab and Tufts Fletcher School focus on respectful, human-centered research practices in global development.