tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/220593160 2008-08-09 10:59:05 -0400 International Development Design Summit International Development Design Summit 2008 3447 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/220572140 2007-06-27 10:30:29 -0400 eng-youth Students from around the world gather at MIT to build alternatively-powered vehicles. 183 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/220551180 2008-08-13 15:09:10 -0400 MIT News Office <p>Using a bicycle wheel to thresh millet, making LEGO-like bricks from dirt, or hooking up an electric generator to an irrigation pump may not save the world, but such simple projects could go a long way toward improving the lives of millions of people living in the world's developing countries. That's the guiding principle behind a month-long summer workshop at MIT. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-0808.html">More</a></p><p>Video: MIT News Office/AMPS </p> 178 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/220529860 2009-03-23 13:31:58 -0400 Inventors Anna Jaffe co-started the <a href="http://www.vehicledesignsummit.org/website/" target="_blank">Vehicle Design Summit</a> to work with the international community to create new vehicles to address the issues of efficiency and sustainability. 91