2006 Young Innovators Under 35
Since 1999, the editors of Technology Review have honored the young innovators whose inventions and research we find most exciting; today that collection is the TR35, a list of technologists and scientists, all under the age of 35. 2006 Innovator of the Year: Joshua Schachter |
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| Song JinMaking nanowires get in line | Sumeet SinghFaster defenses against computer viruses | Ling LiaoLighting up computers |
| Paris SmaragdisTeaching machines to listen | Liam PaninskiDecoding brain signals | Benjamin ZhaoPerfecting peer-to-peer networks |
| Michael WongCleaning up with nanoparticles | Joshua SchachterHow tags exploit the self-interest of individuals to organize the Web for everyone. | Anand RaghunathanMaking mobile secure |
| Nikos ParagiosClearer computer vision | Michael RaabMaking fuel ethanol more cheaply | Paul RademacherThe man who opened up the map |
| Roger DingledineWhen e-mail absolutely, positively has to get there anonymously | Jeffrey BodePeptide “Legos” to make new drugs | Utkan DemirciDisposable AIDS diagnosis |
| William KingThe worlds smallest soldering iron | Jason FriedKeeping online collaboration simple | Jane McGonigalDesigning games with new realities |
| Edward BoydenArtificially firing neurons | Apostolos ArgyrisDisguising data as noise | Jay ShendureThe $1,000 genome |
| Alice TingLighting cellular movies | Ashok MaliakalThe floppy screen | Christopher VoigtA vision in bacteria |
| Prithwish BasuNetworking Unplugged | Eddie KohlerA better operating system | Seth Coe-SullivanMaking screens crystal clear |
| Ram K. KrishnamurthyCooler computers | Manolis KellisUnderstanding genomes | Joshua NapoliHigher-resolution 3-D displays |
| Christina GalitskySimple technologies save energy and lives | Stefan DumaBetter virtual crash dummies | Stephanie LacourStretchable electronic skin |
| Marin SoljacicModeling the flows of light | Matthew HerrenBeaming textbooks across Africa |
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