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Why Design Now?: MIT CityCarWhy? Mobility on-demand and shared use are alternatives to private car ownership, and CityCar is a concept vehicle that combines the two. This two-passenger electric car can be made available from a network of urban parking zones, where users swipe a card and take the first fully charged vehicle. It provides a non-polluting, noise-free, energy-efficient, and convenient alternative to current modes of short-distance travel. MIT, citycar, SmartCities, electric car, battery, lithium-ion, transportation, personal mobility, intra-urban, two passenger, William J. Mitchell, Why Design Now, Exhibition |
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Why Design Now?: Vault201Why? Preindustrial construction methods can provide fundamental lessons about sustainable design and environmental impact today. In this site-specific installation, thin tile vaults stretching across large spaces without formwork is part of a 700-year-old construction method that is energy-efficient, utilizes local materials, and achieves high structural strength. All of these factors have important applications in the developing world, where low-cost construction and durability are model standards for any building project. Vault 201, MIT, construction, methods, sustainable design, environmental impact, materials, developing world, applications, low cost, Why Design Now, Exhibition |
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Scholars: 2011 College Campus TourOur first stop included a visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A meeting with Scot Osterweil, Director of the Education Arcade at the MIT Media Lab, left students awe struck as they tested out games to promote learning. scholars, 2011, College campus, tour, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MassArt, Rhode Island School of Art and Design, RISD |
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MIT's CityCar and the Future of UncertainJust what, exactly, is MIT’s CityCar? It is a car, yes, and a tiny one at that. It looks a bit like a jellybean and it’s stackable, like a grocery cart. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, citycar, Abel Wolman, electric car, car, automobile, electric, vehicle, rendering, techonology, GRiD, distribution, storage, batteries, charging, urban, William J. Mitchell, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition |
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Research ChroniclesFollow my field research chronicles on twitter, starting in Kumasi, Ghana at the International Development Design Summit organized by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and MIT. The summit aims to create equity in the distribution of research and development resources by focusing on the needs of the world’s poor. International Development Design Summit, Kwame Nkrumah University, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, summit, equity, distribution, research, resources, poverty, collaboration, cross-discipline, Maker Faire, Africa, Accra, Ghana, manufacturing, indigenous, technologies, development, Twitter |
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School LeadA multitude of schools are at the forefront of devising low cost innovations around the world, these are only a few of the examples of initiatives and projects underway. Designmatters at Art Center College of Design develops a multi-component design solution for a mobile clinic in Kenya. DesignMatters, Art Center College of Design, mobile clinic, Kenya, camel, packaging, refrigeration, solar power, health education, culturally appropriate information, nomad, bike, bicycles, teams, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Bamboo Bike Project, bamboo, materials, sustainable, transport, rural, poor, developing countries, access, healthcare, market, Harvard University, SE Lab, peer support, participation, Ashoka, Bill Drayton, Grameen bank, Muhammad Yunus, Workshop, Social Entrepreneurship, US, international, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D Lab, needs, low cost, affordable, inexpensive, ecological, adaptable, technological, Pratt Design, Incubator for Sustainable/Social Entreprise, Norway, Design without Borders, partnership, collaboration, Guatemala, Universidad Rafael LandÃvar, Uganda, Makerere University, local, product development |
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