MIT Sloan recently published an article celebrating the 17 alumni and students who made it to Forbes “30 Under 30” for 2017 with “smart, tech-driven innovations” that tackle “social and health problems” that affect different populations across the globe.
Social platforms developed by MIT alum include: Spoiler Alert, which helps “businesses manage food donations and reduce food waste;” Young 1ove, which creates “successful sexual health information campaigns” for African youth; Disease Diagnostic Group, which makes a “handheld malaria detection device for use in areas without access to medical facilities” and MoringaConnect, which “creates cosmetics and snacks” from Ghanaian Moringa trees.
Health care apps featured on the “30 Under 30” list include care management dashboard Wellframe; gene-editing technology KSQ Therapeutics; prescription delivery service Scriptdash and OpenBiome, a “blood bank for human stool” developed to combat Clostridium difficile.
Consumer apps like PlateJoy, which allows users to “create custom meal plans and grocery lists;” “smart gun” technology Biofire Technologies; Humon, a “fitness wearable that monitors oxygen in muscles to help athletes train;” and Ori adjustable furniture that “responds to the space and use needs of urban dwellers.”
Industrial apps like Amplitude Analytics, a platform that “helps businesses examine user behavior;” Solugen, a “plant-based hydrogen peroxide;” and TrueMotion, touted as “the app to end distracted driving.”