19 May 2018

MIT Media Ventures ~ Spring 2018 Projects!

Professors Alex "Sandy" Pentland, Cynthia Breazeal, and I together
http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp18/15.376/
with colleague instructors David Shrier, Beth Porter, Steve Derezinski, and Thomas Hardjono were pleased to have ~75 students in our MIT Media Lab & MIT Sloan cross-listed Media Ventures class this past Spring 2018 semester working on nearly three dozen projects! These projects are a combination of new venture proposals pursuing entrepreneurial concepts and innovation roadmaps exploring a larger landscape of emerging technology possibilities. Just to give you a taste for the wide range of topics covered, here they are in alphabetical order...
  • Acciyo ~ Assistive AI for Active News Readers
  • Aion Therapeutics ~ Bio-derived Neuroceuticals  
  • Alpaca ~ Scaling Online Marketplaces  
  • Bias Detection ~ AI/ML for Fallacy Detection 
  • Bienvendido ~ Home Purchase Fund for Mexico 
  • Blockchain + Healthcare ~ Traceablity & Authentication 
  • Blockchain x Music ~ Fast, Inclusive, Artist-Friendly 
  • Climate Media Engine ~ Provocative Short Videos 
  • Digital Health ~ Proactive Care Innovation Roadmap 
  • Equalizr ~ Speech Pattern Analysis & Coaching 
  • EthAnalytics ~ Blockchain Venture Impact Metrics 
  • FundONE ~ Democratizing Political Fundraising 
  • Hustle ~ Changing Contractor Career Options 
  • Levio ~ Home Swapping for LGTBQ Travelers 
  • Markets for Data ~ Vertical & Horizontal Roadmap 
  • Mindful VR ~ Overcoming Test Anxiety, Boosting Scores 
  • Mobile Digital ID ~ Authentication & Login Tech 
  • Nutrition Tracking ~ Consumer Innovation Roadmap 
  • Oncotector ~ Surgical Cancer Detector 
  • Personal Media Venture ~ MIT Tech x Business Examples  
  • Project Tokenize ~ Alternatives to Debt & Equity 
  • R&D Megafunds ~ Financial Instruments for Good 
  • Recipere ~ New Age Clinical Research Portal 
  • Restaurants & Tech ~ For Kitchens, Tables, & Beyond 
  • Smart Devices for the Disabled ~ Innovation Roadmap 
  • Space Economy ~ Astropreneurship Roadmap 
  • Straight Line Capital ~ Alt Funding Platform 
  • Tech to Fight Sex Trafficking ~ Tools Roadmap 
  • Told Ya! ~ Peer-to-Peer Casino-less Betting  
  • Trustee ~ Digital ID for Consumer Use 
  • Waffle ~ Re-imagining Insurance Holistically 
  • Wakanda Institute of Technology ~ New MIT Conference 
  • Zilper ~ Trenchless Construction for Piping 
  • Zippi ~ Inclusive Finance in Brazil

Minorities & Health ~ Nordenstedt on Metrics

Professor Helena Nordenstedt gives TEDxKTH talk with help of Gapminder visuals on Minorities & Global Health, a framework for better understanding how health and economics go together... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXfjgsVZH0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXfjgsVZH0