Innovation Factories
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Fresh off the (MIT Media) lab
MIT Media Lab fosters innovation with its motto of 'imagine and realise'
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In India, constraints stir more creativity: Beth Comstock
Comstock, who headed business innovation at General Electric, speaks to Forbes India about her new book and why India has an edge in entrepreneurial innovation
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Bionic Yantra: The robot giving patients a leg up
Bionic Yantra's exoskeleton provides a fall-safe method of rehabilitation for those unable to walk
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S4S Technologies: Helping women farmers keep their produce fresh, sunny side up
Since women have traditionally used sun drying, the company targets them for their solar conduction dryer, which helps increase the shelf life of fruit and vegetables to about six months
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Promethean Power: A chill pill for dairy farmers
The company's tank-based milk refrigeration system is an alternative to diesel options, bringing cooling costs down from 50 paisa per litre to just 18 paisa
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Biosense: Low-cost medical diagnostic devices, for rural doctors
The company targets doctors in Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns, and now has a range of nine products that quickly test blood, urine and other samples
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EmpowerU: Using tech to monitor government schools in Jharkhand
The platform collects real-time data without the use of the Internet, and has helped spike teacher attendance and the number of mid-day meals being served
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How India's first unmanned, self-cleaning e-toilets work
Made by Kerala-based Eram Scientific Solutions, the toilets work on sensor-based technology and are maintained and monitored remotely using GPRS