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TILT: Meeting humanitarian needs through technology

Tilt, a wheelchair attachment for negotiating stairs that is inexpensive, universal, lightweight, and safe.

News | Mar 26, 2021 | MIT India

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TILT: Meeting humanitarian needs through technology

Cooling homes without warming the planet

 The startup Transaera is using a class of materials called metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, to create air conditioners that could have five times less impact on the climate when compared to traditional ACs. Credits:Image: iStockphoto

News | Mar 26, 2021 | Zach Winn | MIT News Office

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Cooling homes without warming the planet

Experiential Learning in the Time of Covid-19: How Two D-Lab Class Projects Pivoted to Bridge Distances and Meet Critical Needs

The 2020 D-Lab: Design class meeting online during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Blog | Jul 27, 2020 | Sarina Motwani

Experiential Learning in the Time of Covid-19: How Two D-Lab Class Projects Pivoted to Bridge Distances and Meet Critical Needs

D-Lab: Design - the soil, the shoots, and the flowers

Left to Right: Alexandra Shade ‘19, presenting. Naomi Dereje ‘20, Isa Chuirillo ‘22, Luisa Apolaya Torres ‘21. D-Lab Presentations with our final prototype.

Blog | Jul 15, 2019 | Luisa Apolaya Torres, MIT '21

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D-Lab: Design - the soil, the shoots, and the flowers

“Qeda usizi” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 2.

D-Lab: Design 2018 alumna Trang Luu (third from right) and collaborators in Durban, South Africa.

Blog | May 22, 2019 | Phumelele Mkhize, AeT & Trang Luu, D-Lab alumna; MIT Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student

Asiye eTafuleni (AeT)
“Qeda usizi” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 2.

“Qeda usizi,” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 1.

AeT and MIT Create and MIT D-Lab on-site mealie cook interviews. Kate Mytty, D-Lab instructor and co-founder of MIT Create is standing center right.

Blog | May 21, 2019 | Phumelele Mkhize, AeT & Trang Luu, D-Lab alumna; MIT Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student

Asiye eTafuleni (AeT)
“Qeda usizi,” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 1.

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