Moca News

Events and Talks

Boston Globe

On October 14, 2009, Moca was featured on the front page of the Business section of the Boston Globe in an article about cell phone applications that are changing the world.

Moca in Mexico

We travelled to Mexico in Spring 2009 to evaluate how well Moca would be received. The results were overwhelmingly positive. Here, Moca visits Catalina Musiño Martinez, a health promoter from Santa Cruz.

MIT Mobile Applications and Nextlab Initiative Presentations

We gave two talks at MIT about MoCa on December 10 and 12, 2008. Here is a video of Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, and Boyuan Zhu's December 12 presentation:

Harvard School of Public Health Presentation

On December 4, the Moca team showcased our technology at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

International Conference on Open Source Software In Healthcare

Moca advisor Leo Anthony Celi gave a talk about MoCa at the International Conference on Open Source Software in Healthcare on Nov. 23, 2008 in Penang, Malaysia

Media

Wall Street Journal

In November, 2008, the Wall Street Journal Online did a segment that discussed MoCa and its potential applications for treating cervical cancer in Africa.

LinuxDevices

In December, 2008, LinuxDevices ran a story about Moca as an innovative open-source platform for remote medical diagnostics.

CrunchGear

In December, 2008, CruchGear covered MIT's 6.087 class, which included an overview of Moca.

Partner Organizations

The MIT Nextlab Initiative has been very generous in supporting Moca's efforts. Originating in part out of MIT's Nextlab class, Moca has received funding and significant support from Nextlab.

We have recently partnered with the following universities and organizations to serve as local partners in upcoming Moca deploys. We are planning on an initial pilot test in the Philippines during Spring/Summer, 2009.