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by Suchi Rudra In just three months, Panda Sunglasses moved from Kickstarter project to Nordstrom showrooms. While still in school at Georgetown University, Ko and two of his friends had come up with the perfect fashion accessory: bamboo sunglasses. Like TOMS Shoes, a brand that donates one pair of shoes for each purchase, the sunglasses would be both eco-friendly and …

By Yi Chen I was spending ten hours a day going through over a hundred hours of footage in the fall of 2012.  Like many independent documentary filmmakers, I was working on a project I felt so passionate about that I was determined to share it with the world. But there was one more thing left for me to figure …

By Mary Tablante Watches for the Blind BOSTON—MIT graduate student and Korean American Hyungsoo Kim designed a watch that doesn’t require vision or sound; the watch allows people to check time without having to look at a watch or cellphone. Kim calls the watch a “timepiece,” not a watch, because “you don’t have to watch this to know the time.” …