Tecnológico de Monterrey is collaborating with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the MIT GeneSys project, an initiative to help micro and small businesses in emerging countries.
The prototype, developed by a PrepaTec student from the Esmeralda campus, powered by artificial intelligence, and capable of recreating famous paintings with human faces, participated in MIT’s Beaver Works Summer Institute.
Holkan Vázquez, a Tec student, was on one of the award-winning teams in the MIT COVID-19 Challenge, a competition that challenged young people to propose solutions to the crisis caused by the pandemic.
Erwin Franz, a Mexican who holds a degree in engineering from Tec de Monterrey, took part in the development of 2 medical ventilators for Philips Respironics, a fact highlighted on the MIT News site.
A group of students, made up mostly of women, will have the option to take a postgraduate degree in Supply Chain Management at MIT or specialized centers located in China, Luxembourg, Malaysia, or Spain.
Two Tec entrepreneurs are among the 8 Mexicans recognized by the magazine MIT Technology Review among the 35 most innovative young people from Latin America.