Microbial Reistance 1 - Design Pitch

Microbial Reistance 1 - Design Pitch

Michael Comb

Recorded 11/6/12

Mending hearts with tissue engineering

Video of a patch of engineered heart tissue "beating" in response to electrical field stimulation. The tissue was created by culturing rat heart cells on an accordion-like honeycomb scaffold developed by MIT researchers. Original magnification = 100x. Photo Credit G.C. Engelmayr Jr., MIT

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Piya Sorcar

Piya Sorcar presents her work at EmTech 2011. Piya creates software that can be localized to teach taboo topics. Company: TeachAIDS

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Paul Wicks

Wicks present his work at EmTech 2011: Networking patients to combat chronic diseases PatientsLikeMe Read the full story here: http://techre.vu/AFcW6M

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ben Rubin

Rubin describes his work at EmTech 2011: Letting consumers analyze their sleep Zeo In college at Brown University, Ben Rubin had an odd nighttime ritual. He would hook himself up to an old polysomnography machine, a refrigerator-size device that clinics use to diagnose sleep disorders. He ...

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ajit Narayanan

Narayanan describes his work at EmTech 2011: Affordable speech synthesizers Invention Labs Some four million people in India suffer from cerebral palsy and other disabilities that make it difficult or impossible for them to speak. Giving them a voice is the job of Ajit Narayanan's low-cost ...

Materials 2 - Design Pitch

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) animation

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a technique for mapping brain activity by recording magnetic fields produced by electrical currents occurring naturally in the brain, using arrays of SQUIDs (superconducting quantum interference devices). Applications of MEG include basic research into ...

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Javier Lozano: Legatum Fellow

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Javier Lozano, Legatum Fellow

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Q&A

The Legatum ConvergenceInfectious Ideas - Q&ABillions of people do not have access to good health care. There are surprising and innovative solutions for the delivery of medical care in emerging countries.

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Ola Orekunrin

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Ola Orekunrin, Managing Director, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Alexandra Graham

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Alexandra Graham, Co-Founder & Vice President, Lagray

Legatum Convergence 2011 - Infectious Ideas: Alberto Osio

Legatum Convergence - Infectious Ideas - Speaker: Alberto Osio, Co-founder & CEO, Yolia Health