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		<title>Using cell phones to change the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jhonatan Rotberg, was sent to MIT by Telmex, one of Latin America’s largest telcos, and teaches NextLab where he tries to bring cellular technology to the other 90 percent of the world. One of the labs startups, CelEdu, offers cellphone-based games and quizzes to teach basic literacy skills in India. Ranjani Saigal from the TIE Social Entrepreneurs Group helped connect CelEdu students to Tara Aakshar. Read the entire article at <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com">http://blog.ambientengines.com</a> <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/10/16/using-cell-phones-to-change-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=551&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ForSE 2009: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs on Oct 23 at Babson College</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our annual conference on Social Entrepreneurship - ForSE 2009: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs will be held on Friday October 23. This time we are working together with Babson College’s Net Impact Undergrad organization to host it at Olin Hall on Babson College’s lovely Wellesley campus. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/10/13/forse-2009-forum-for-social-entrepreneurs-on-oct-23-at-babson-college/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=528&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules of Low Cost Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this article that summarizes Amy Smith's philosophy of design for low cost solutions. 
Here are her 7 key points. You can read the entire article on Popular Mechanics. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/11/7-rules-of-low-cost-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=117&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Development Design Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the final presentation of the International Development Design Summit at MIT - the brainchild of Amy Smith, MacArthur Fellow and lecturer in MIT's Mechanical Engineering department. This, now yearly, event brought together nearly 60 students from 20 countries around the world to work together with a team of mentors and staff to tackle a number of design problems facing NGOs and non-profits in developing countries. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/08/international-development-design-summit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=109&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tapan Parikh – Technology Review’s Humanitarian of the Year 2007</title>
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		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tapan provided a refreshingly different viewpoint that emphasized the needs of the end user in developing countries. By harnessing technology to make things simpler, Tapan has provided platforms that make the daily grind of field workers in rural parts of the world a lot easier. For his innovative and inspiring work, Tapan was identified as one of the 35 Innovators under age 35 by MIT's Technology Review magazine and named Technology Review's Humanitarian of the Year for 2007. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/08/08/tapan-parikh-%e2%80%93-technology-review%e2%80%99s-humanitarian-of-the-year-2007/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=103&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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