In the World: Easy on the eyes
Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
LINC 2010 engages and inspires
Conference focuses on the present and future of technology-enabled learning worldwide
Deworming the world
How MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child
MIT men’s basketball makes return trip to Taiwan
For the second time in the last five years, the MIT men’s basketball team will travel abroad to Taiwan to participate in the Fifth Annual Kainan University International Basketball Invitational.
In the World: Clean Water for Ghana
MIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana
In the World: Better wound treatment for all
A streamlined version of 'negative-pressure' wound therapy is put to the test in Haiti — and could have 'enormous potential' across the developing world.
A system that’s worth its salt
New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units that could be sent to disaster sites or remote locations.
In the World: Nanotech on the farm
MIT chemical engineer Paula Hammond lends her nanotechnology expertise to farmers in Africa.
New wheelchair gets its first real-world test
Grad student’s device aims to meet the needs of millions of people in the developing world.
Medical entrepreneurship, from the bottom up
MIT students aim to bring affordable health care to India’s masses.
MIT Professional Education delivers its first course in India
This week, MIT Professional Education is conducting its first-ever three-day course in India, “Airport and Airline Systems: Planning, Design and Management,” as part of the program’s new international outreach initiative.
Researching and writing a thesis (and a blog) in Tanzania
Mechanical Engineering major, Tish Scolnik ’09, is spending this January developing her thesis focused on appropriate technology for the developing world.
President Hockfield meets key MIT Portugal stakeholders during three-day visit to Lisbon
Receives first-of-its-kind honorary doctorate from leading Portuguese universities