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From Survival to Sustainability for Impact Incubators
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The Courage To Invent
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From Survival to Sustainability for Impact Incubators
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Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs in Africa
Faces of Invention
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Varun Kapoor
(Nura Health) Varun Kapoor, MD, co-founded Nura Health as a med tech company aimed at improving the diagnosis of endometriosis for millions of women. He is a self-described serial healthcare entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in medical devices and digital health. His desire to solve health inequities for womenMore
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Going Beyond the Horizon
Jim West has been at the forefront of acoustic science for nearly six decades. From his childhood in the segregated South to his recent work on an advanced digital stethoscope, West has always looked for “what exists beyond the horizon.” This article was originally published on USPTO.gov on November 2019. Each month, their Journeys of Innovation…
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A Teen Inventor’s Experience With Hurricane Sandy Spurs Innovation
That event spurred her to think about other communities vulnerable to natural disasters. Helen Lyons was inspired to invent by a problem she encountered close to home. When she was in fourth grade living in New York City, her neighborhood was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. “The streets turned into rivers, and I remember watching the…
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A Conversation With MIT Media Lab’s Ramesh Raskar
The professor discusses his early influences, approach to technology, and solving the right problem at the right time. In September 2016, Dr. Ramesh Raskar, an associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and holder of more than 75 patents, was awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his work in developing radical imaging solutions. The WallMore