technology transfer

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Technology Transfer: Innovative way to get water and power simultaneously

Here is an interesting idea that would synthesize renewable energy and desalination. “Now, researchers at the Delft University of Technology have come up with an interesting idea — combining windmills with reverse osmosis filters to produce comparatively rugged and low-cost desalination…

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Rural Innovations Network — helping rural entrepreneurs get to market

Venture Intelligence Blog highlighted a profile done in Business Today on Rural Innovations Network (RIN) — a NGO that assists entrepreneurs outside the cities bring their ideas to market. The primary sector of interest for the NGO are water, agriculture, dairy and…

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Our blog lies on the presumption that the social circumstances facing India are unique in nature, and thus the approaches that will…

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Technology Transfer Opportunity: Milk Banks

Here is a very interesting idea in increasing the survival rates of newborn babies suffering from critical illnesses. Leveraging studies that show the positive benefits of breast milk in helping infants and neonates fight diseases, this concept relies on the…

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Adoption not the same as democratization with regard to technology

The Economist had an article today on the challenges that emerging economies face with making initial adoptions of new technologies widespread. While it is easy to overly simplify the phenomenon that is technology transfer to the developing world by glossing…

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