2010.04.29: Amy Smith named as one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world
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2010.04.29: Amy Smith named as one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world
Amy Smith named as one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world
An engineer and the founder of MIT's innovative D-Lab, Smith, 47, is a former Peace Corps volunteer who spent parts of her childhood in India and Botswana. She's the creator of a hammer mill that converts grain to flour and an incubator that does not require electricity. Her design philosophy is elegant: create simple machines that meet particular needs and then build them locally.
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The 2010 TIME 100
In our annual TIME 100 issue we name the people who most affect our world
Under the Influence
By Richard Stengel Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010
The TIME 100 is not about the influence of power but the power of influence. Some of the people you'll encounter on this list are influential in the traditional sense - heads of state like Barack Obama, corporate leaders like Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese search-engine company Baidu. But we also seek out people whose ideas and actions are revolutionizing their fields and transforming lives - like Matt Berg, who is using text-messaging technology to improve community health monitoring in Africa, and Rahul Singh, whose organization GlobalMedic was among the first on the ground after January's Haiti earthquake, providing millions of gallons of water to those most in need. You might not have heard their names before, but their innovations and efforts will help change the world for years to come.
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Amy Smith
By Sandy Pentland Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010
It's fine to help the developing world, but first you have to know what it needs. Amy Smith does.
An engineer and the founder of MIT's innovative D-Lab, Smith, 47, is a former Peace Corps volunteer who spent parts of her childhood in India and Botswana. She's the creator of a hammer mill that converts grain to flour and an incubator that does not require electricity. Her design philosophy is elegant: create simple machines that meet particular needs and then build them locally.
Smith is also a teacher, taking kids to Haiti and Africa, where they design pumps, bicycle parts and other gear people need. Her machines are one of her gifts to the world; the students she trains will be an even more enduring one.
Pentland is a professor in the MIT Media Lab and the director of its entrepreneurship program
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