Nov. 24 – For the second consecutive year, researchers from the Piaggio Center and Pisa FabLab of the University of Pisa have organized a weeklong course in Biomedical Engineering focused on developing electromedical devices that use open source technologies. The course is sponsored in part by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and will take place during the Innovators Summer School of Muhimibili University, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dec. 8-12. The Summer School is open to students enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering in 9 African universities from 6 different countries (Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia). (Red)