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Pop!Tech 2009: One Times A Million or the Other Way Around? Emily Pilloton from Project H Design
Today, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design, a Pop!Tech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow and a key character in the community interested in the nexus between design thinking and social impact. She is a really fast talker but a fascinating one.
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Breaking News: Pop!Tech Announces New Fellows Program
The morning sessions on day 2 at Pop!Tech is halfway through, with a major announcement just made by our host and curator Andrew Zolli: the Science and Public Leadership Fellows program.
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Pop!Tech 2009: Nanotechnology and Making Diagnostics Available for All
Diagnostics for All is using biotechnology to make low cost and accurate diagnostics available for the 60% of the population that lives outside of the reach of hospitals and clinics in the developing world.Haya
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Pop!Tech 2009: Enriching Soils, Producing Energy and Sequestering Carbon through re:char
"Coal cannot be clean. Getting it off the ground is a dirty process already", explained Jason Aramburu during our conversation last Wednesday night in Camden. "However, the principles of the clean coal process can be applied to biomass. When I discovered that I decided to found re:char.
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D.Light’s $10 Kerosene Killer
On Tuesday, D.Light Design released its newest product, the Kiran. Dubbed by its staff a $10 Kerosene Killer, the Kiran is the world’s most affordable quality solar lamp. According to the company’s web site, "It is a safer and brighter alternative to the kerosene lantern, and is designed to provide 360-degree lighting for the home or workplace."
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