Have you bought a really nice bedspread with a design from India and assumed it’s just something a designer dreamt up somewhere? Sometimes the designs have been appropriated from artists who live in “isolated areas, in the absence of mass manufacturing.” What’s required is a sort of “Shutterstock for cultural ...
from BostInno by Lucia Maffei Let me set the scene for you. Eva Breitenbach is pursuing her MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. On December 1, 2016 she wakes up and discovers that she cannot move half of her face. Later, she’s diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a rare neurological ...
from VentureFizz by Colin W. Barry Collegiate athletes have a lot on their plates, especially when taking into account their school work, practice time, and strength training in order to keep themselves fit for playing. Sometimes, in the heat of it all, accidents can happen in the school’s fitness center. ...
by Jamie Ducharme, Boston Magazine Newsha Ghaeli and Mariana Matus’ big idea doesn’t exactly sound glamorous—but it might just revolutionize the way we handle public health issues. Ghaeli, an MIT research fellow, and Matus, an MIT Ph.D. candidate, are the founders of Biobot Analytics, a startup that seeks to bring cities ...
August 16, 2017 by Michael Blanding, MIT Technology Review Elliot Cohen was home visiting his family during his second year at MIT’s Sloan School of Management when he made the decision. He and his mom had been having a spirited discussion in the kitchen, and he wanted to include his ...
by Dylan Walsh, MIT Sloan News In the fall of 2012, Brint Markle wanted to build the first piece of avalanche hardware built on prevention: If avalanche safety is good, avoidance is better. With two fellow MIT students, Markle, MBA ’14, co-founded Avatech, a company that sold handheld probes for ...
by Kara Baskin, MIT Sloan News Office Foot ulcers are one of the most devastating and common complications of diabetes. Patients frequently lose part or all of their foot, resulting in limited mobility and loss of independence. Until recently, though, there wasn’t a simple way to prevent them. “Amputations happen ...
Grand Prix Le Monde – L’ATELIER BNP PARIBAS WeCyclers, Lagos (Nigeria) This project, developed by the company WeCyclers, aims to improve the collection of domestic waste in Nigeria, using customized bicycles, adapted for the transport and collection of domestic waste and a system of confirmation of transactions by SMS. The project thus responds to major ecological ...
Virtual reality is quickly gaining steam in the gaming industry. But an MIT startup is now aiming the technology at a different demographic, putting it to use as a health care tool for the elderly. At last night’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize pitch competition, Rendever earned the $25,000 grand ...
by Olivia Vanni Even the strongest of people can tweak their backs mid-lift or leave the gym with a newfound limp if they aren't correctly doing their workout routine. Enter Perch, an MIT startup that's developing a system of 3D cameras that tracks workouts and gives athletes critical data on ...
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