Press

IDDS 2009


 

Core77

Drive-by Video: Aluminum Saltwater Battery at Maker Faire Africa 2009 -- 8 September 2009.

The Guardian

All the fun of the technology faire -- Kevin Anderson, 19 August 2009.

AfriGadget

Cleaning massive amounts of water with chlorine --Erik Hersman, 15 August 2009.

Ball valve chlorine doser --Erik Hersman, 15 August 2009.

A plastic waste recycling press --Erik Hersman, 15 August 2009.

A pedal powered hacksaw --Erik Hersman, 15 August 2009.

Maker: Show and Tell --Erik Hersman, 14 August 2009.

Final Presentations at IDDS Ghana --Erik Hersman, 11 August 2009.

NextBillion

Roundup from Ghana: International Development Design Summit -- Francisco Noguera, 13 August 2009.

Timbuktu Chronicles

IDDS at Suame Magazine -- Emeka Okafor, 11 August 2009.

IDDS Ghana 2009 -- Emeka Okafor, 11 August 2009.

White African

Ghana - International Development Design Summit (IDDS) -- Hash, 15 July 2009.

MIT News Office

Crazy Minds, Able Hands -- David Chandler, 10 July 2009.

Maker Faire Africa

IDDS 2009 and Maker Faire Africa -- 7 July 2009.

Fast Company

International Development Design Summit -- 6 July 2009.

 

IDDS 2008


 

TED

New inventions from Amy Smith's students at IDDS 2008 -- TED Staff, 22 August 2008.

Christian Science Monitor

Designs for a better world emerge from M.I.T. summit -- Vijaysree Venkatraman, 21 August 2008.

WBUR - Here and Now

A $100 Incubator -- Karyn Miller-Medzon, 12 August 2008.

Continuum

Partnership with MIT's International Development Design Summit -- Continuum Staff, August 2008.

BBC News

Breast milk purged of HIV virus -- 22 September 2008.

MIT TechTV

International Development Design Summit -- 9 August 2008.

MIT News Office

Improving people's lives, one device at a time -- David Chandler, 8 August 2008.

A hands-on approach to Third World aid -- David Chandler, 10 July 2008.

Olin College

Olin Students, Alums Play Key Roles in International Development Design Summit -- Joe Hunter, 23 July 2008.

New Hampshire Public Radio - Word of Mouth

Innovative designs for Impoverished communities -- Virginia Prescott, 11 August 2008.

Deutschlandfunk - Forschung Aktuell - Lowtech for hohe Ziele

MIT entwickelt technische Lösungen für Entwicklungsländer -- Ardnt Reuning, 6 August 2008.

Crave - The Gadget Blog

From inventor boot camp, gadgets that could save lives -- Leslie Katz, 11 August 2008.

The Boston Herald

Designers on quest to build $12 dollar computer -- Jerry Kronenberg, 4 August 2008.

Inventions to save day: MIT event eyes cheap products for world's poor -- Jerry Kronenberg, 4 August 2008.

NextBillion.net - Development through enterprise

A day at the MIT International Development Design Summit -- Rob Katz, 24 July 2008.

Slashdot

MIT helps third world with hands on approach -- Hugh Pickens. 13 July 2008.

Engineers Without Borders UK

Six students from EWB-UK participate in this years IDDS -- 30 July 2008.

EWB-UK volunteer contributes to HIV prevention research -- 4 September 2008.

University of São Paulo

Alunos da Poli integram encontro internacional de engenharia - Tecnologia. 27 June 2008.

 

IDDS 2007


 

The New York Times

Low Technologies, High Aims -- Andrew C. Revkin. 11 September 2007.

The Boston Globe

Fast, cheap, and in control -- Felicia Mello. 9 August 2007.

WorldChanging

South-South Design Flourishes at MIT Summit -- Jonathan Greenblatt. 14 August 2007.

TreeHugger

International Development Design Summit: Design to Save the World -- Collin Dunn. 10 August 2007.

Popular Mechanics

Practical, Actionable Innovation Swarms MIT Design Gathering -- Jerry Beilinson. 8 August 2007.

MIT News Office

Innovators at MIT to present workable solutions for developing world. -- MIT News Office. 7 August 2007.

Making a difference in the developing world. -- Heather Manning. 13 July 2007.