MIT’s William Aulet on teaching entrepreneurship and beachhead marketing
from Venture Capital Journal by Mark Boslet Can entrepreneurship be taught in a classroom setting, or is it a set of skills learned only by doing? MIT professor William Aulet clearly comes down on the taught side of the debate. But instruction has to be done in the right way. ...
Woobo, the Cambridge-Born Talking Robot for Children, is Here
from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Cambridge-based startup Woobo has launched the first edition of its educational toy for children – a talkative, furry round animal with a high-pitched voice, a variety of gender-neutral activities for kids, a short USB port-shaped tail and a planned retail price of $199. According to the company’s co-founder ...
Meet the MIT-Born Software That’s the “Grammarly for Legal Contracts”
by Lucia Maffei, BostInno Full disclosure: I’m not writing this story by myself. While I’m typing on the keyboard, Grammarly – a free extension for Chrome – works on background checking grammar, spellings and punctuation. Typos are underlined in red: for each mistake I make, “Did you mean” windows appear with a ...
Ori’s Robotic Furniture Hints at Future of Smart Homes, Urban Design
by Jeff Engel, Xconomy The “smart” device movement has brought us gadgets like Internet-connected thermostats, light bulbs, and speakers. Now, a startup out of MIT called Ori wants to add furniture and walls to the so-called Internet of Things. “When we think of the home of the future or office ...
Have an empty room? City initiative wants a graduate student to rent it
by Megan Turchi, Boston.com Empty nesters no more. At least that’s the plan. On Thursday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh — in collaboration with the Elderly Commission, the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab, and a social enterprise startup called Nesterly — announced the Intergenerational Homeshare Pilot. The program’s goal is to match Boston homeowners who have a ...
“Personal thermostat” startup heats up for commercialization
from MIT News by Rob Matheson Sitting in a stifling subway car or walking Boston’s cold winter streets may soon become more bearable, thanks to a “personal thermostat” wristband being released by MIT spinout Embr Labs. For a design competition in 2013, four MIT engineering students created a smart wristband, ...
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