Singin’ Be-BOP

One of my interests (or distractions) is the idea of appropriate technology, that is, technology, usually in the form of a device or tool, that that is low cost and easy to use, yet is a powerful economic multiplier for an individual or group.  Here in the US, appropriate technology emerged in the heady 1960s [...]

MedTech Made Easy

This week I was pleased to be able to attend the first (hopefully of many) World Health Medical Technology Conference (MedTech Conference) organized by Boston University’s School of Management’s Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC).  Directed by Jonathan Rosen, ITEC is a relatively new center at BU that supports entrepreneurship among its faculty and [...]