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Open Source Workshop Toolkit: Technology Innovation for International...
Few have experienced the unique blend of pains and joys that afflict designers of technology for developing world applications. Now, a hands-on simulation offers that sweet frustration in practice....
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Researchers at Engineering for Change developed two comprehensive reports on technology that mitigates food-borne disease and improves agricultural practices in sub-Saharan Africa. One paper details...
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Advancing Research on Technology for Poverty Alleviation: How E4C Learns from...
Worldwide, researchers investigate solutions to solve our world’s greatest concerns, such as access to clean water, food security, and sustainable energy. However, research often focuses on the...
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Affordable and Scalable: Evaporative Cooling Can Fight Food Loss – Time for...
Food loss due to lack of effective storage is a global problem. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, approximately 23 percent of available food is lost or wasted, resulting in up to 15 percent less income for...
View ArticleThe Circular Economy Can Solve Food and Water Problems in Rajasthan, Malawi...
I lived in the western Indian state of Rajasthan for most of 2006-07. To say that it quickly became one of my most favorite places in the world would be an understatement. I worked on one of the most...
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Designed: This Air Conditioner for Homes and Offices Uses No Electricity
Evaporative coolers have been known to purveyors of low-cost, sustainable technologies for years. Without the need for electricity, these cold containers have kept produce fresh from farms to tables,...
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Ten Cold Chain Solutions, from Evaporation to Camelback
Off-grid cold-chain technologies keep the important things cold in places where electricity and infrastructure are in short supply. Natural disaster, chronic poverty and long distance from urban...
View ArticleThe Adoption of Technology Is Key to Reducing Losses in Mango Value Chains
Mango season closes this month on Kenya’s coast, seeing some mango harvesters continue to employ the traditional method of shaking trees until the fruit drops. Bruised and broken-skinned fruit collect...
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A New Resource for Smallholder Farmers: 100 Under $100 Tools to Reduce...
Global post-harvest food loss has a long list of elegant solutions. And at least 100 of them cost less than (USD) $100. They have not been implemented on a large scale, however. Why? In many cases,...
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Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigeration for...
Larry Bentley and F. Andrew Dowdy are trying to solve the problem of refrigeration for off-grid communities in developing countries. With distinguished careers, an impressive array of projects, and...
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Research Brief: Showing Videos Improves Adoption of New Agricultural Techniques
Women in Mozambique watch an animated video on a post-harvest bean storage method. Photo courtesy of Michigan State University Animated videos on phones and other devices may be an effective method of...
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Design Inspiration: How Puerto Rican Farmers Are Bootstrapping Cooling Tech
Enter the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Contest to solve post-harvest loss challenges like low-cost food refrigeration. Puerto Rican farmers are spending grants from the food aid non-profit World...
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E4C Visualized: Food Waste and Its Solutions
About one-third of the food grown for people to eat never makes it into our mouths. Food loss occurs throughout the supply chain from farm to plate, with important differences that track with the...
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The Potential Impact of Better Desalination and Food Loss Reduction in Kenya
Join the Siemens Design Challenge for a chance to win one of two $10,000 first-place awards. Because effective design springs from the context in which it will be used, we turned to Ignatius Waikwa for...
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Top Eight Ideas for Better Water and Food in the Siemens Design Challenge
We are pleased to announce the eight finalists in the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge. Our international panel of expert judges carefully distilled these eight from hundreds of...
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E4C Visualized: The Siemens Design Challenge Impact and Ideas
Can conscientious design change lives in the world’s underserved communities? In an effort to demonstrate that design can make a difference, hundreds of engineers and product designers have submitted...
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How Food Waste is Engineered into Useful Products in a Circular Economy
Foods destined for the landfill can have a second life as engineered products. Companies are taking waste such as coffee grounds and spotted fruit that won’t sell and converting them into...
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Clay Pot Coolers: Keep Produce Fresh Without Electricity
Introducing the Guide to Assembling, Using, and Maintaining Clay Pot Coolers, the result of a collaboration by MIT D-Lab, the World Vegetable Center (WVC), and Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER). This is...
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A New Resource for Smallholder Farmers: 100 Under $100 Tools to Reduce...
Global post-harvest food loss has a long list of elegant solutions. And at least 100 of them cost less than (USD) $100. They have not been implemented on a large scale, however. Why? In many cases,...
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Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigeration for...
Larry Bentley and F. Andrew Dowdy are trying to solve the problem of refrigeration for off-grid communities in developing countries. With distinguished careers, an impressive array of projects, and...
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