Ideas Made to Matter Innovation

What we learned at MIT Sloan’s first private space industry conference

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You will be able to go to space. And there are serious people serious about colonizing Mars.

Apr 12, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

How behavioral science could boost development in the Caribbean

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For Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago, nine proposals to reduce waste, improve public health, and spur entrepreneurship.

Apr 5, 2016
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How will an on-demand economy work?

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As Uber, Airbnb, and others grow, answering questions about employment and benefits becomes urgent

Mar 17, 2016
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Four business lessons from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 

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Takeaways from the Oakland A’s, Boston Red Sox, and, of course, Nate Silver

Mar 15, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Venture Capital

Domeyard: Inside a high-speed trading firm

MIT ethos penetrates culture at new firm in Boston

Mar 10, 2016
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Boston-based corporation showcases homeless artists

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MBA student and his sister create company offering sales channel and share of profits

Mar 2, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

Patients key to making sense of medical data

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As big data unfolds, health care analytics world remains fractured, siloed

Mar 1, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Device to treat sepsis wins first MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize

GoodSIRS takes $25,000 first prize; second prize to tanning bed with no ultraviolet radiation

Feb 26, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Technology

With nanotech, expanding the brain to the cloud

Futurist Ray Kurzweil on disease-fighting nanorobots and a cloud-based brain expansion

Feb 22, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Entrepreneurship

Astraeus Technologies wins MIT $100K Accelerate with new lung cancer test 

Postage stamp-sized device detects chemicals in human breath

Feb 11, 2016
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