Professors Alex "Sandy" Pentland, Cynthia Breazeal, and I together
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
