Wamda

Global

Artificial Intelligence will make our kids better learners [WamdaTV]

Looking at traditional education, the system is focused on ‘teaching’ rather than ‘learning’. This is what Philipp...

Artificial intelligence MIT Media Lab Philip Schmidt

Saudi Arabia

Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV]

Mashail Balkouka, an electrical and computer engineering student at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, talks about the importance of making...

Saudi Arabia Women women in tech

Global

Branding outside the box [Wamda TV]

When design consultant Ashley Shaffer and her team were asked to help a long established US insurance company to appeal to a younger...

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Global

4 ways human data can help plan a city

If you can overcome the paranoia of your online data being collected and mined by companies like Google or Facebook, and instead focus on...

MIT Media Lab Dubai Data

Regional

Why you should participate in as many hackathons as you can

Most of the time, entrepreneurs spend their days in a professional work setting. The same one every day. They practice the same set of...

hackathon MIT Media Lab lessons

U.A.E

Redefining cities, the human touch

Marwa al-Sabouni, an architect from Homs, said in her book The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria, that “the...

MIT Media Lab uae urban planning

U.A.E

Revealing the tracks of the MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Community Jameel and Wamda are hosting an MIT Media Lab multi-day workshop, bringing together different cultures, skills and expertise all...

Workshop community jameel Redefining Cities

U.A.E

Saving Dubai’s energy one sky rise at a time

“It’s like the wild west, codes are lax, and no public records.” These are the comments of engineer Charles Blaschke when...

Taka Solutions MIT Media Lab community jameel

Global

How to build smart cities

After growing accustomed to smart phones, cars, TVs and even smart homes, there's a new wave of fascination with smart cities. Indeed,...

MIT Media Lab community jameel Smartcities

Syria

Syrians seek refuge in tech

For a while, it seemed that the Syrians were running out of options. For the fourth year in a row since 2012, the UN reported a steep...

community jameel MIT Media Lab syria

U.A.E

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,...

Redefining Cities MIT Media Lab MIT

Egypt

US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D

Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion...

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Sultan al-Qassemi on MIT Media Lab: imagination realized

Regional

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai Workshop #MLDubai

Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,...

Workshop MIT Media Lab Dubai

Thought Leadership

Artificial Intelligence will make our kids better learners [WamdaTV]

Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV]

Branding outside the box [Wamda TV]

4 ways human data can help plan a city

Why you should participate in as many hackathons as you can

Redefining cities, the human touch

Revealing the tracks of the MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Saving Dubai’s energy one sky rise at a time

How to build smart cities

Syrians seek refuge in tech

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D

Sultan al-Qassemi on MIT Media Lab: imagination realized

5 ways you can participate in our MIT Media Lab workshop next week

Wamda hosts MIT Media Lab innovation workshop in Abu Dhabi from Feb 24-27

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai Workshop #MLDubai

Thought Leadership

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