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It’s the vital urgency of emerging markets that forces innovative solutions out of tight constraints – thwarting the popular notion that constraints are always detrimental.
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A past member of the MIT Corporation and vice president at Google, Megan Smith has had a prolific and successful career as an engineer, leader, and STEM evangelist, one that makes it easy to see why President Obama appointed her to the position of chief technology
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Based on her research, Associate Professor Maria Yang recommends that emerging-market designers create products for the microentrepreneur, particularly ones designed to help them make money.
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John Lewandowski’s low-cost, rapid-assessment diagnostic device landed his company the winning prizes this year in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition and MassChallenge.
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Professor Steven Dubowksy has designed a system to bring purified water to small remote communities in the world, many of which currently drink water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals and biological contamination.
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