$500K Lemelson-MIT Prize Winners

Creates renewable energy technologies

Inventor of reCAPTCHA, co-inventor of CAPTCHA and creator of a free language-learning platform, Duolingo

Pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR technology and optogenetics

Inventor of Femto-photography

Created first mass-produced low-cost, eco-friendly battery

Creator of tiny technologies for medicine

Genetically engineers viruses to create new products

Commercialization of inventions Revolutionizing Human Health

Invented healthcare tools that can better integrate with the human body

Invented the world’s first bioorthogonal chemical reaction, a technology for labeling biomolecules in living cells or animals

Invented Dip-Pen Nanolithography and nanoparticle-based biodetection schemes

Invented PRINT® (Particle Replication in Non-wetting Templates) technology used to manufacture nanocarriers in medicine.

Invented an amplified chemical sensor that uses molecular wires to detect the presence of vapors from explosives.

Developed and improved modern liquid crystal technology

Created a sonar tool to isolate different movements inside the human body: Transcutaneous Doppler system

Invented the first practical LED (light emitting diode)

Invented some of modern molecular biology's core instruments, including the DNA Sequencer.

Invented IBOT, a battery-powered wheelchair that can climb stairs and the Segway.

Invented the first reading machine for the blind

Revolutionized surgical embolectomy procedures

Revolutionized the semiconductor industry with very-large-integrated circuits.

Langer's research into polymers led to the slow release of micro-encapsulated doses of ionic drugs, peptides and other large molecule drugs

Invented the computer mouse

Opened the door to genetic engineering and laid the foundations for gene therapy and the biotechnology industry

Developed mathematical models for automotive computers