Ideas Made to Matter Startups

Meet 20 new startups speeding toward $10K

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Health care, and helping hands for those with limited resources.

Jan 22, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

This ambulance cart could transform health care access in Tanzania

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The Okoa Project’s goal: Reduce maternal mortality and connect rural villages to hospitals.

Dec 21, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

How better trained home care workers could save the US billions

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Attitudes about status, occupational competition, and concerns regarding autonomy stand in the way.

Nov 28, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter

MIT Sloan faculty insights: 11 books from 2017

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Explore our digital future, changing urban mobility, entrepreneurship, and more.

Nov 17, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Entrepreneurship

Tactile, translating printed text to Braille, wins MIT $100K Pitch

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Birth control reminder app and device take audience choice award.

Nov 8, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

How an analytics-based predictive model can improve kidney transplant survival rates

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Doctors need to trust their intuition, but a decision support tool can help them make hard choices.

Sep 22, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

MIT students design and donate sleeping bags to Syrian refugees

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"It’s a simple solution to a big problem."

Sep 13, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

New study finds in-home smart mat will aid diabetes patients

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MIT Sloan-born tech improves foot ulcer detection, prevents amputations.

Jul 21, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Three unique challenges for medical device startups

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In this industry, you don’t have the luxury of failing fast.

Jun 7, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

Turns out exercise is contagious

With five years of fitness data, MIT Sloan researchers show you run more when your friends run more.

Apr 18, 2017
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