2011 Lemelson--M.I.T. Student Inventor Prizes Offer a Glimpse of the Future in Medical and Security Screening Tech [Slide Show]

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 21:30 in Mathematics & Economics

The Lemelson–M.I.T. Program recognized four student inventors Wednesday poised to make a profound impact in the areas of disease diagnostics, drug development, assistive devices such as wheelchairs, and security screening for explosives. Each of the winners--from the California Institute of Technology; Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I.); and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U.I.U.C.)--receives a $30,000 prize to help bring their emerging technologies to market. [More]

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