Working with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges. Creating, sharing, and using collaborative research practices, actionable findings, and practical solutions. Hands-on, project-based learning. More than 15 MIT D-Lab classes offered each year! Working with diverse partners to advance and apply inclusive innovation as a methodology for tackling poverty. "Impact is not just the product of innovation – it's the process of innovation." – Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab Founding Director Previous Next
D-Lab: Design for Scale students work on mobile solar-powered ATM in India Blog | Feb 29, 2016 | McCall Huston MIT '16 D-Lab: Design for Scale students work on mobile solar-powered ATM in India
D-Lab: Prosthetics students test transtibial prosthetic liner in Kenya & Ethiopia Blog | Feb 29, 2016 | Katelyn Sweeney MIT '18, Nick Schwartz MIT '18, and Trang Luu MIT '18 D-Lab: Prosthetics students test transtibial prosthetic liner in Kenya & Ethiopia
D-Lab Student January Fieldwork: El Salvador! Blog | Feb 28, 2016 | Samir Wadhwania, MIT '18 D-Lab Student January Fieldwork: El Salvador!
The First Five Toilets Of Many: Piloting SANILAB in Quebrada Verde, Perú Blog | Feb 28, 2016 | Kate Mytty, D-Lab: Waste Co-Instructor and 2016 D-Lab Perú Trip Leader The First Five Toilets Of Many: Piloting SANILAB in Quebrada Verde, Perú
D-Lab: Water & Climate Change Film Series Blog | Feb 25, 2016 | Nancy Adams D-Lab: Water & Climate Change Film Series
Crocheting with recycled plastic with the D-Lab: Development Team Tanzania! Blog | Feb 23, 2016 | Pelumi Botti, Senior at Wellesley College, majoring in International Relations & History Crocheting with recycled plastic with the D-Lab: Development Team Tanzania!