| 2013 |
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Dr. Angela Belcher genetically engineers viruses to create new products; inventions include biodegradable batteries, high-efficiency solar cells and clean transportation fuel (June 4, 2013)
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Drs. Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden Win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for Inventions Developed in Collaboration with University Students (May 1, 2013)
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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Showcase at 3rd Annual White House Science Fair (April 22, 2013)
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Nikolai Begg Receives $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his portfolio of novel medical devices (March 5, 2013)
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| 2012 |
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2012-2013 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Selected from National Pool of Applicants (October 17, 2012)
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Physicist and Entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Quake Honored with $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize (June 4, 2012)
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Dr. Ashok Gadgil Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for Scientific Solutions to the Global Water Crisis, and Energy and Fuel Efficiency (May 2, 2012)
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MIT Student Inventor Miles C. Barr Receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize (March 7, 2012)
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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Showcase Inventions at White House Science Fair (February 7, 2012)
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2012 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index Reveals Barriers and Drivers to Becoming U.S. Inventors (January 23, 2012)
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| 2011 |
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2011-2012 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Selected from National Pool of Applicants (October 19, 2011)
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MIT Student Inventor Alice A. Chen Receives 2011 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize (March 9, 2011)
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2011 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index Uncovers Inventive Perception among Young Americans (January 19, 2011)
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| 2010 |
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White House Science Fair Showcases Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams (October 18
, 2010)
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Boy Scouts of America and Lemelson-MIT Program Introduce Inventing Merit Badge (June 17, 2010)
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Chemical Biologist and Entrepreneur Carolyn Bertozzi Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Biotechnology Innovations (June 2, 2010)
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$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability Awarded to Dr. BP Agrawal for Rainwater Harvesting System, Mobile Health Clinics and Cultural Implementations (April 28, 2010)
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Erez Lieberman-Aiden wins the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Transformative Work in Genomics and Linguistics (March 3, 2010)
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2010 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index Reveals Ways to Enhance Teens Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the Classroom and Beyonds (January 28, 2010)
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15 High Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grants to Tackle Real-World Problems (October 20, 2009)
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| 2009 |
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Professor Chad Mirkin Awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Revolutionary Advancements in Nanotechnology (June 24, 2009)
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Open Source Mobile Technology Software Reinventing Health Care in Developing Countries: Innovator Joel Selanikio Wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability (April 28, 2009)
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MIT Student Develops New Innovations to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells: Geoffrey von Maltzahn Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for
Invention (March 3, 2009)
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2009 Invention Index Survey Results Released - Survey: Majority of U.S. Teens Feel Prepared For Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Yet Many Lack Mentors (January 7, 2009)
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| 2008 |
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Inventive Students Invited To Apply For $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize (October 1, 2008)
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Bridging Disciplines, Innovating Solutions: Polymer Expert Recognized for Inventions in Materials and Life Sciences — Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize (June 25, 2008)
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Inventor's Irrigation Pumps Help Lift African Farmers Out of Poverty — KickStart
Co-Founder Martin Fisher Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for
Sustainability (April 23, 2008)
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LED Lamp Lights the Way to $30,000 Lemelson-Illinois Prize —
Patrick Walsh's
Battery-powered, Solar-charged LED Lamp Could Improve Energy Efficiency in
India (February 28, 2008)
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Student Develops New LED, Wins $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize —
Martin Schubert's Polarized LED Could Improve LCD Displays, Save Energy (February 28, 2008)
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MIT Student Invents Knock-Out Punch for Antibiotic Resistance —
Timothy Lu Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness (February 27, 2008)
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2008 Invention Index Survey Results Released —
U.S. Teens are Confident in Their Inventiveness: More Hands-on, Project-based Learning May be Needed (January 16, 2008)
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| 2007 |
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16 High Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants for Invention Projects —
Grant Applications Now Available for 2008 - 2009 School Year (October 9, 2007)
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New Executive Director to Lead Lemelson-MIT Program (June 15, 2007)
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Chemist Inventor 'Sniffs' His Way to Prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
—
Timothy M. Swager Recognized for Chemical Sensor Inventions
Employing Molecular Wires
(April 2, 2007)
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Alternative-Fuels Pioneer Receives First-Ever $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
—
Dartmouth College Engineering Professor and Mascoma co-founder Lee Lynd honored for 25 years of
inventive achievements and research into alternative fuels
(April 2, 2007)
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Handheld "T-ray" Device Earns New $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize —
Brian Schulkin's "Mini-Z" spots cracks in space shuttle foam, detects tumors in tissue.
(February 16, 2007)
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Illinois Student Wins $30,000 Award for
Neuroscience Innovations —
Michael Callahan wins the inaugural Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize for inventiveness and innovation
(February
14, 2007)
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MIT Graduate
Student Wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Life-Saving Inventions —
Nathan Ball's Inventions Include a Device to "Fly" to Tops of Buildings and Another to
Significantly Improve Mass Inoculations (February
14, 2007)
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| 2006 |
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20 High
Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT
InvenTeams Grants for Invention Projects —
Grant Applications Now Available for 2007 - 2008 (October
19, 2006)
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Fans the Inventive Flame — Program Refocuses and
Renews Its Commitment to Support and Inspire Up-And-Coming Inventors
(September 5, 2006, revised)
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Liquid Crystal
Display Trailblazer Receives Largest Prize for Invention in the United States — James Fergason's Achievements
Recognized With $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize (May 3, 2006)
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Eminent Scientist Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award — Dr. Sidney
Pestka Recognized for Groundbreaking Research on Anti-Viral Treatments (May 3, 2006)
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MIT Student Wins Prestigious Award for Flying Car and Other
Innovations — Carl Dietrich Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT
Student Prize for Inventiveness (February 15, 2006)
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Survey: Teens Predict Gasoline-Powered Cars Obsolete by 2015
— Lemelson-MIT Invention Index Raises Questions about
Teens' Perceptions of Their Preparedness to Tackle Future
Societal Problems (January 11, 2006)
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| 2005 |
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18 High
Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants —
Grant Applications Now Available for 2006 - 2007 (October
25, 2005)
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Inventor of
Modern Computer Memory Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award (April 21, 2005)
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Inventor Wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Revolutionizing
Acoustics (April 18, 2005)
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David Berry Wins 2005 Student Prize — MIT Student Invents
Promising Treatments for Stroke and Cancer (February 16,
2005)
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2005
Invention Index™: Daily Commute Could Lead to the Next
Great Invention — Lemelson-MIT Study Shows Many Americans
Feel Most Creative in the Car (January 12, 2005)
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CNN
Joins with Lemelson-MIT Program to Present Top 25 Innovations
— Segments, Special Hosted by Miles O’Brien Kick
Off Year-long Celebration of Network’s 25th Anniversary
(January 12, 2005)
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| 2004 |
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High School
Teams Earn Grant Funding for Invention Projects —
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants Awarded to 13 Schools Nationwide (October
20, 2004)
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Anti-Terrorist
Technology Research Needs Presidential Support Most, Lemelson-MIT
Invention Index Survey Finds — Medical Inventions
Expected To Have Greatest Impact Over Next 25 Years (October
1, 2004)
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Inventor
of Long-Lasting, Low-Heat Light Source Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT
Prize for Invention — Nick Holonyak Jr. Invented the
First Practical Light-Emitting Diode (LED) (April 19, 2004)
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Pioneer
Chemist Edith Flanigen Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime
Achievement Award for Invention (April 19, 2004)
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Experts
Question the Future of Invention and Innovation in America
— New Report Cites Need to Foster Invention Among Education,
Business and Government Sectors (April 19, 2004)
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Inventing
A Sustainable Future — New report urges more technologies
that address social and environmental concerns (April 13,
2004)
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Saul Griffith Wins 2004 Student Prize — MIT Student
Inventor Sees Clear Future in 'Desktop Printer' for Low-Cost
Eyeglass Lenses (February 19, 2004)
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2004
Invention Index Survey Results Released — Cell Phone
Edges Alarm Clock as Most Hated Invention, Yet One We Cannot
Live Without (January 21, 2004)
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| 2003 |
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High
School Students Get Funding for Inventions that Solve Community
Problems — Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants Awarded to
10 Schools Nationwide (October 20, 2003)
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$500,000
Lemelson-MIT Prize Awarded to Leroy Hood, M.D., PH.D. —
Inventor of Automated DNA Sequencer Transformed Scientific Landscape
and Played a Key Role in the Human Genome Project (April
24, 2003)
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Biomedical Industry
Pioneer — William P. Murphy, Jr. Used his Engineering
Skills and Medical Expertise to Improve Lives through Invention
(April 24, 2003)
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James
McLurkin wins 2003 Student Prize — Using Natural Behavior
in Robotics to Advance Scientific Goals (February 26, 2003)
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Lemelson-MIT
Program unveils enhanced, redesigned Web site — Site
Combines Engaging Activities and Enriched Resources for Exploring
the World of Invention and Innovation (January 28, 2003)
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2003
Invention Index Survey Results Released — Toothbrush
Beats Out PC, Car, Cell Phone As the Invention Most Americans
Say They Cannot Live Without (January 21, 2003)
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| 2002 |
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Launches New Invention Initiative for High School Students
and Teachers — InvenTeam Grants Inspire Young People
to Improve Their Communities and Schools; First Recipients Named.
(October 15, 2002)
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Awards 2002 High School Apprenticeship to Inventive
Maryland Student — Kavita Shukla Holds Patents for
Lab Safety and Innovative Food Packaging (June 4, 2002)
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Lemelson-MIT
Prize Awarded to Dean Kamen — Versatile Inventor of
Medical, Transportation Technologies Will Use Funds for Programs
to Excite Children About Science and Invention (April 23,
2002)
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Lemelson-MIT
Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Inventor of Easy-Care
Cotton — Ruth Rogan Benerito Pioneered Processes for
'Wash and Wear' Clothing, Inspired Students (April 23, 2002)
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Student
Wins $30,000 Prize for Inventiveness from Lemelson-MIT Program
— From Legos to Rockets: Inventor's Career Taking Off
(March 6, 2002)
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2002
Invention Index Survey Results Released —Teens
say the computer is the most important invention of the 20th
century while TV is the least important. (January, 2002)
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| 2001 |
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$500,000
Lemelson-MIT Prize Awarded to Futurist Who Makes a Career of
Helping Others — Artificial Intelligence Innovator
Raymond Kurzweil Invented First Reading Machine for the Blind
(April 24, 2001)
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Lemelson-MIT
Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award to Pioneer of Diagnostic
Medicine — Raymond Damadian Invented MRI Machine
for Scanning Human Body–Enabled Early Detection of Cancer
and other Diseases (April 24, 2001)
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Student
Wins $30,000 Prize for Inventiveness from Lemelson-MIT Program
— Inventor Likened to Modern-Day Renaissance Man (February
15, 2001)
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Despite
Geek Image, Inventors Respected by Teens, 2001 Lemelson-MIT
Iinvention Index Finds — Young Americans See
Inventors as Vital but Unexciting; Future of American Inventing
Murky (January 10, 2001)
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| 2000 |
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Teen
Environmentalist from North Dakota Wins Shot to Invent at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory — Jordan Sand wins third
annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Apprenticeship for innovative
uses of local crops (November 15, 2000)
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Pioneering
Surgeon Wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize — Dr. Thomas
J. Fogarty's Devices Revolutionized Vascular Surgery (April
27, 2000)
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award to Founding Father
of Wireless Communications — Al Gross Invented Walkie-Talkie,
Pager, Cordless Phone; Shortened WWII With Early Wireless Innovations
(April 27, 2000)
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Amy
B Smith: 2000 Winner of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
for Inventiveness — MIT Student Wins Prize for Design
Innovations to Aid Developing Countries (February 9, 2000)
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Three
MIT Graduate Students Win Unisphere Solutions-backed $30,000
Lemelson-MIT Student Team Prize for Innovation in Telecommunications
& Networking (February 9, 2000)
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American
Teens Want Parents' Attention, Lemelson-MIT Study Finds
— Technology, Computer Games Take Back Seat to Human Element
in Science Education (January 10, 2000)
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| 1999 |
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Lemelson-MIT
Program Announces Winner of Second Annual High School Invention
Apprenticeship — Texan Charles Johnson Wins for Demonstrating
Life-Long Inventiveness (November 2, 1999)
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Microelectronics
Pioneer Wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize — Dr. Carver
Mead of CalTech Honored for His Contributions to Today's Microcircuit
Industry (April 22, 1999)
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KEVLAR
Discoverer Honored for Lifetime Achievement — Stephanie
Kwolek Recognized by the Lemelson-MIT Program (April 22,
1999)
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1999
Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner Named — MIT Student
Receives $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention and
Innovation (February 11, 1999)
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Lemelson-MIT
Survey Finds High School Student, Their Parents Agree —
and Disagree — on the Most Important 20th Century Inventions
— American Students Rank the Computer #1; Parents Choose
Antibiotics (January 11, 1999)
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| 1998 |
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Half
Million Dollar Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner Announced; Lifetime
Achievement Award Winner Honored — Robert Langer
Wins Lemelson-MIT Prize; Jacob Rabinow Honored with Lemelson-MIT
Lifetime Achievement Award (April 15, 1998)
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$30,000
Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner Named — MIT Student
Receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention and Innovation
(February 11, 1998 )
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More
Support for Cancer Cure than AIDS Cure, National Survey Reports
— Annual Invention Index Survey Finds Extra-Terrestrial
Life Outranks Cloning Research (January 1998)
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| 1997 |
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Computer
Pioneer Wins Lemelson-MIT Prize — Computer Trailblazer
Douglas Engelbart Receives Half-Million Dollars for Invention
and Innovation (April 9, 1997)
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Inventor
of Lifesaving Drugs Honored for Lifetime Achievement —
Gertrude Elion Recognized by Lemelson-MIT Awards Program (April
9, 1997)
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MIT
Student Receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize — Nathan
Kane, 1997 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner (February
11, 1997)
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Second
Annual Invention Index Shows VCRs Made Americans' Lives Easiest
(January 1997)
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| 1996 |
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Biotech
Pioneers Win the Lemelson-MIT Prize — DNA Trailblazers
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen Receive Half-Million Dollars
for Invention and Innovation (April 11, 1996)
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Inventor
of Implantable Pacemaker Honored for Lifetime Achievement
— Wilson Greatbatch Recognized by Lemelson-MIT Awards
Program (April 11, 1996)
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Dr.
David Levy Wins 1996 Lemelson-MIT $30,000 Student Prize
(May 1, 1996)
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National
Survey on Inventions Shows Autos Rate Highest, PCs as Vital
as Hair Dryers (January 1996)
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| 1995 |
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Automotive
Engineer Wins First Lemelson-MIT Prize — GM Powertrain
engineer William J. Bolander is first winner of $500,000 award
for invention and innovation (April 1995)
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Lemelson-MIT
Prize Program Honors Hewlett and Packard for Lifetime Achievement
— Hewlett-Packard founders recognized for contributions
to invention and innovation (April 1995)
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First
$30,000 Lemelson Student Prize For Inventiveness Awarded at
MIT — MIT graduate student Thomas Massie recognized
for outstanding creativity and innovation (February 1995)
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