Sustainability is a hot topic, but is it accessible to everyone?
Cynthia Naughton connected with Green Garage of Detroit for her thesis about amplifying social innovation. Green Garage is a sustainable business incubator that abides by sustainable principles and makes those principles accessible to start ups. By building a website that showcases Green Garage’s practices and [...]
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Amplifying Social Innovation by Cynthia Naughton
March 7, 2012 – 2:48 pm
Empowering Rural India through Transportation Design by Spencer Chamberlin
January 3, 2012 – 2:08 pm
Over three billion people in the world earn less than $2.50 a day. From this population, roughly 200 million are Indian farmers whom have inadequate transportation. Some of these farmers have access to a single bicycle to get around, while many others have only their feet. In order to make ends meet, farmers need additional, consistent [...]
Exploring the Commercial Value of the Emerging HMI Market by Lei Zheng
December 5, 2011 – 12:01 pm
GPS and in-car navigation systems provide good directions, but costs are still high for manufacturers. Because the current system is too expensive for automakers, customers end up paying a higher price. One way to lower costs is to incorporate advertising into information searches.
Lei Zheng used his thesis to integrate advertising with in-vehicle infotainment systems. Lei [...]
