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Spin cycle: a new kind of washer

A pedal-powered washing machine that MIT students and staff built mostly from bicycle parts and empty barrels could make a big difference to the quality of life, and at the same time could be built locally and thereby create jobs. February 19, 2009

PDAs aren't just for checking e-mail

For patients who have drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, it's critical to monitor the disease as closely as possible. That means monthly testing throughout a two-year course of powerful antibiotics, with injections six days a week for the first six months. February 11, 2009

An a-maize-ing path out of poverty

Jodie Wu, an MIT senior in mechanical engineering, spent the summer traveling around Tanzania to introduce a new system for processing corn: A simple attachment for a bicycle that makes it possible to remove the kernels quickly and efficiently. October 1, 2008

MIT students help cities plan for changing climate

Ten graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate. July 22, 2008

Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise

Around the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated metal. July 1, 2008

Student project innovates solar cooker in Tibet

When two students visited Tibet two years ago, they kept hearing from villagers that a solar cooker that was both lightweight and strong would make a big difference to their lives. So a team of students from MIT and Tibet ended up producing exactly that. June 4, 2008

On a roll: Students bring mobility to remote areas

MIT students in this year's 'Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries' class split into five teams and each came up with new variations on how to help bring mobility to people whose lives could be dramatically changed by it. May 21, 2008

Art + technology = clean water in Ecuador

MIT student Kendra Johnson found that to improve water quality in a rural Ecuadorian village, she needed to consider economic issues in addition to technology, and so ended up devising an innovative way of using local arts to pay for the project. May 14, 2008

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