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From Survival to Sustainability for Impact Incubators
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The Courage To Invent
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From Survival to Sustainability for Impact Incubators
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Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs in Africa
Faces of Invention
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Maria Artunduaga
(Samay Health – LinkedIn) Maria Artunduaga left her career in plastic surgery to found a medical technology company to prevent misdiagnosis-related deaths. Her company Samay Health was inspired by her grandmother Sylvia’s fatal struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This experience led her to invent Sylvee, an affordable, non-invasive device thatMore
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2024 Inventors’ Day Roundup: Inventing for Sustainability
The challenges to our environment and to the health of our ecosystems are many. This National Inventors’ Day, we’re showcasing the inventors and entrepreneurs — both young and established — who are devising novel and sustainable solutions to the problems they see in the world.From repurposing plastic waste to helping mitigate the dangers brought on…
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From Waste to Wattage
This student inventor uses an innovative renewable energy source to help monitor natural disasters.
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Celebrating Hispanic Inventors, Educators, and Trailblazers
Working in classrooms, laboratories, hospitals, and even outer space, these innovators have pushed the boundaries to improve lives for people everywhere.
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This High-Schooler is Harnessing Chemistry to Combat Pollution
An award-winning student inventor, Tarun Batchu has discovered an eco-friendly way to convert plastics into fuel.
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Smashing Ceilings and Building Solutions: 14 Trailblazing Women Inventors
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting women whose ideas and inventions are aimed at improving lives and solving global problems. “I was always trying to figure out the magic that made things tick.” That’s how Jeanelle Dao, an eighth grader from San Jose, California, describes her earliest childhood inclinations toward invention. Last year,…
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From Past to Present: 12 Black Inventors and Innovators to Know
Throughout history, innovators from diverse backgrounds have helped change the world and improve lives. To celebrate Black History Month, we’re highlighting 12 past and present Black inventors whose impact ranges from medicine to voting accessibility. In February, we commemorate Black History Month and celebrate National Inventors’ Day — an opportunity to showcase both pioneering Black…
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2023 Inventor’s Day Roundup: Inventing for a Better Future
These innovators are changing the face of invention — and working to change the world. A hundred years ago this year, Jerry Lemelson was born into a world that was being transformed by the power of invention. He himself became a prolific and versatile inventor, with more than 600 patents across a wide range of…
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How an After-School Invention Program Helped Launch a Career in Big Tech
Through Oregon MESA, engineer Thien Nguyen discovered his facility for numbers and a supportive community. Thien Nguyen was born in Vietnam and lived there until fourth grade, when his family immigrated to the United States. At the time Thien spoke no English, yet as he adjusted to his new surroundings in Portland, Oregon, he quickly…
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This College Inventor Is Making Medicine More Equitable
University of Iowa sophomore Dasia Taylor has created low-cost, infection-sensing stitches. Inventor Dasia Taylor is one of those people who seems destined to change the world. At just 14 years old, she was consulting at Harvard on the topic of equity. Now 19, Dasia is in the process of patenting her first medical device —…
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Meet the Woman Who is Transforming Early Breast Cancer Detection in India
Through her novel thermal imaging device, Indian entrepreneur Geetha Manjunath is making breast cancer screening more accessible to more women.
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This Former Rugby Player is Now a Game-Changing Inventor
Personal experience drove Jessie Garcia to create her novel head impact indicator. Identify a problem, then work to solve it. That’s the basic formula for invention, and that’s exactly how Jessie Garcia came to create the Tozuda Head Impact Indicator, a tiny tool that attaches to a helmet and signals to its wearer when a…
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Fighting Global Infant Mortality Through Hypothermia Detection
Biomechanical engineer Ratul Narain’s monitoring devices help detect hypothermia and other illnesses in underweight newborns. Every year, 20 million clinically underweight babies are born worldwide. Of these, eight million are born in India, where many parents don’t have easy access to neonatal care resources. Yet low birth weight — generally defined as less than five…