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...group once supported 40 orphans to go to school from what little money they managed to make in pottery sales.After hearing about Hoy’s experience, her high school ceramics teacher sent a new set of tools for her Luo teachers, causing Hoy to reexamine her views on technology??s place in Luo pottery. “It’s a hard question,” Hoy said. “Do you share your methods and help to expand their repertoire, or do you keep those things from them to maintain the tradition...
...club to which Juma is an adviser. Founded by Eshwan Ramudu ’10 and Sarah H. Nam ’10, the organization hopes to increase agricultural sustainability through technology. “I think one of the greatest challenges in development is the disparity in technology?? between nations, said Nam. Other campus groups also hope to see students come together on this issue. “I feel like there’s a lot of territoriality between campus groups, and I believe collaboration is necessary,” said Julia C. Silverman...
...course of last year, the University already took drastic steps to regulate students’ daily water usage by installing environmentally-friendly showerheads and toilets in dormitories. A helpful illustration adjacent to the toilet neatly summarizes the features of the new “dual-flush” technology??a more sophisticated, and more hygienic, version of an old scatological rhyme that recommends to “let it mellow...
...competition, held this past Saturday at Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall. Nicholas J. Navarro ’10, MIT juniors Sean Liu and Cheuk Leung, and MIT management student Murali Govindaswamy won the first-place prize of $500 with their pitch of a new “wireless mesh technology?? that would bring cheaper Internet access to the people of China. The technology that the team plans to establish in China was developed at MIT and has not yet been used in the Asian country. “Internet access is the great equalizer, and China realizes that...
...more than just a general environmental message to politicians. While the strength and comprehensiveness of Power Vote’s platform remain quite compelling, the inclusion of nuclear energy on its list of “dirty” energy gives reason for pause. Given the current state of technology??our inability to store nuclear waste, for example—relying on nuclear energy is environmentally irresponsible, just as Power Vote maintains. Still, if technology improves in the future, allowing us to store or dispose of nuclear waste in a safe and responsible manner, nuclear energy should...