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PLANET HOME Announces $1 Million Tough Tech Prize at Inaugural Gala During Tough Tech Week

Planet Home to Annually Recognize the Most Innovative and Impactful Technologies from Around the World BOSTON, Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/…

2 weeks ago

The Engine, built by MIT: Where Moonshots Get a Combustion Engine

MIT. Three letters that conjure images of gleaming labs, Nobel laureates, and world-altering breakthroughs. But even within this hallowed ground,…

10 months ago

AI for Good: Navigating the Precipice of Unprecedented Change – A Polyphonic Discourse

The accelerating evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ignited a global discourse on its potential to revolutionize industries, solve complex…

10 months ago

Beyond the Metaverse: Building a Sustainable Ecosystem for Immersive Experiences

For decades, entertainment and retail have operated on a linear model: extract resources, create a spectacle or product, consume, and…

10 months ago

Plastic Purgatory: We’re Drowning in Waste and Recycling Isn’t Enough. Is Molecular Mining the Answer?

We have a plastic problem. A big one. It's in our oceans, forming grotesque gyres like the Great Pacific Garbage…

10 months ago

DataEnergy: The Silent Startup Powering AI’s Green Future From a Norwegian Fjord – and a Cambridge Lab

You haven't heard of DataEnergy yet. And that's by design. But in the hushed corners of the AI world, and…

11 months ago

Democratizing “the Sphere”: How Scalable, Sustainable Technologies Could Revolutionize Immersive Experiences

Abstract: The convergence of advanced projection mapping, spatial audio, AI-driven personalization, and sustainable design principles is poised to disrupt the…

11 months ago

Planet Home’s “Living Labs”: Where the Sustainable City Gets Its Beta Test

Silicon Valley has long obsessed over disruption. But what if the most radical disruption isn't about creating a new app,…

11 months ago

This Startup is Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution – By Mining the Ocean for Black Gold, With a Little Help from MIT

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's a swirling vortex of plastic, a grim monument to our throwaway culture, and a…

11 months ago