Meet the BlueBox: New technology, built locally, could help revolutionize education in developing nations

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Braymen’s desk more closely resembles the workbench of a tinkerer — albeit one of the 21st century type — replete with small circuit boards and electronic bits, washers, nuts, bolts, and all the tools necessary to fit these components together.

“It looks a little crazy right now,” says Braymen, PhD, CFA, an associate professor in Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. “But we’re almost done with the box. We’re about ready for the trial run.”

The box is the Creighton BlueBox, a technological, educational and philanthropic enterprise jointly undertaken by Braymen, the Heider College of Business and the RaD Lab, Creighton’s main incubator for innovation.

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