Technologist wins 'genius' award for sensor tech
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 17:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Future of Tech: Shwetak Patel, a 29-year-old technologist at the University of Washington, picked up a half million dollar "genius" award today from the MacArthur Foundation for his work on inexpensive and easy-to-deploy sensors that improve our daily lives.