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Stories about D-Rev

If Mother Teresa Hacked

She might’ve started a company like D-Rev, which is bringing low-cost prosthetic knees to the world. The company’s Vin Narayan reveals how the non-profit is re-imagining do-gooderism.

If Mother Teresa Hacked

A Cheap Prosthetic Knee For The Developing World, Designed From Patient Feedback

Want to make something that people want to use? It turns out, it’s helpful to ask them what they want. That’s why D-Rev’s new knee for people in the developing world is turning into such a big success. Here’s how they did it.

A Cheap Prosthetic Knee For The Developing World, Designed From Patient Feedback

Designing For More Than Just Looks: Inside Public Interest Design

Fancy chairs are lovely, but designers can use their skills for far more important tasks. A new exhibit takes a look at product design and architecture that solves broader social and environmental problems.

Designing For More Than Just Looks: Inside Public Interest Design

How To Create Products For People Living On Less Than $4 Per Day

You probably haven’t heard of D-Rev, but its products–including a revolutionary new prosthetic knee–are making a huge splash in the rest of the world.

How To Create Products For People Living On Less Than $4 Per Day

Brilliance in India: New Deal Allows Bay Area Firm to Fight Jaundice

Impact

This game helps second-generation immigrant kids connect with their parents

This startup keeps CO2 out of the air by injecting ‘bio oil’ underground

Global agricultural subsidies are harming the planet—and our diets

News

IRS unemployment tax refund update: Less than a week left in summer. Where’s my check?

CDC warns delta-8 cannabis products can get you higher than thought—and cause adverse health effects

Business leaders: Owning your mistakes matters more to customers than ESG data

Co.Design

Ikea launches a massive collection for gamers—including the weirdest product it has ever made

This magic room charges your phone as soon as you walk in

This device sucks snot out of babies’ noses so parents don’t have to do it themselves

Work Life

The downside of hyper-positivity at work

This is how creatives can make the most of a shift to hybrid work

5 diet tips to help you succeed at work, according to a Harvard-trained psychiatrist