DtM is excited to announce two new team members!
A Great Year for Firefly: 2014 Stats
Bon Voyage, Elizabeth!
DtM in USAID Idea to Impact Report
DtM Firefly on CCTV America’s Full Frame
NotImpossibleNow Features DtM Project Portfolio in Four Part Series
“First, Design that Matters improved adult literacy with the Kinkajou Projector, then they learned some difficult but valuable lessons through the design of the NeoNurture incubator. They applied those...
Essay #6: Listening in the Hardest Market: Equipping A Local Social Enterprise to Communicate Ideas Using Prototypes
Firefly Receives CE Mark Certification
MIT 2.009 Presents 'Sunflower'
DtM CEO Presents at TEDxBoston, Broadcast Live on WBUR
DtM CEO Timothy Prestero gave a talk titled "From One to Many: How can a few people on a shoestring budget save half a million lives?" Lots of founders can tell you the story of their first big success...
Essay #5: Cultivating Design Mind: Making the Shift from “I like the color” to Creating Globally-Appealing Products
DtM Firefly on TakePart Live “Innovative Gadgets”
TakePart World host Meghan McCain and producer Alex Stapleton give a show and tell of items that can improve the quality...
Firefly in Africa!
Firefly has been saving lives in Ghana and Burundi for almost six months. DtM partner East Meets West Foundation (an affiliate of Thrive Networks), installed Firefly at hospitals across all levels of care in Ghana...
Essay #4: Going Above and Beyond: Why FDA Approval Doesn’t Mean Equipment is Safe for Developing Countries, and What to Do About it
Does United States FDA regulatory approval mean a medical device is safe and effective in low resource settings? The short answer is no. In developing countries, 95% of western medical equipment...
Essay #3: Design for Everyone is Design for No One: How Focus Leads to Bigger Impact
MIT Team Prototypes Warming Mattress for Firefly
A team of more than twenty students from the MIT 2.009 capstone mechanical engineering course has accepted DtM’s...
Essay #2: Considering Green in Every Invention: Saving Babies and the Environment Using Human-Centered Design
DtM Attends Gates Grand Challenges Annual Meeting
This week, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships Kelly Murphy represented DtM at the Gates Grand Challenges conference by special invitation of The Lemelson Foundation. There was a lot of good...