February 22, 2010 – Last week the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) announced the 16 Excellent and Entrepreneurship Teams (E-Teams) that will be displaying their state-of-the-art innovations at the NCIIA's annual March Madness for the Mind showcase. The free event will be held March 27 at the Exploratorium in San Francisco as part of the NCIIA's Annual Conference.

February 13, 2010 – After a fun and informative three days, Tech4Society has come to a close. The event, which brought together pioneers on the cutting edge of innovation in solar energy, clean water, mobile technology, science education, agriculture and healthcare, was sponsored by Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation (with generous support from Microsoft). Here are some notes from The Lemelson Foundation staff after day three:

February 12, 2010 – A lot of really great notes from The Lemelson Foundation staff after day two of Tech4Society.

February 11, 2010 – Now that the first day of Tech4Society is over, it's a good chance to take a look at some of the news stories and blog posts coming out of Hyderabad today and the days leading up to the event:

February 11, 2010 – Over in Hyderabad, India, things have wound down after a packed first day at Tech4Society. The day's activities featured a keynote address on entreprenuership and innovation, as well as a panel with several Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows discussing the lessons they've learned as serial-entrepreneurs.

February 9, 2010 – The latest AshokaTECH podcast was released today, featuring an interview with The Lemelson Foundation's Executive Director, Julia Novy-Hildesley.

February 9, 2010 – There's only a few more days until the opening of the Tech4Society event being held Feb. 11-13 in Hyderabad, India.

January 28, 2010 (Cambridge, Mass) - The Lemelson-MIT program released today the findings of this year's Invention Index, an annual survey that gauges American's perceptions about invention and innovation.

January 25, 2010 (Portland, OR) - As part of a Special Edition of Innovations for the Tech4Society: A celebration for Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows, the Foundation's Executive Director Julia Novy-Hildesley wrote one of the lead essays, in addition to pieces by Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and The Economist's Matthew Bishop.

January 14, 2010 – Thousands of people in the developing world have been given the gift of hearing thanks to the efforts of Howard Weinstein, and now people around the globe are starting to hear more and more about Weinstein and his project, Solar Ear.