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The Executive Director for The Lemelson Foundation, Dr. Carol Dahl, is stepping down after more than 10 years.  The Foundation’s Board of Directors has appointed Rob Schneider, currently serving as Senior Director of Strategy, as the new Executive Director.  Schneider, who joined the foundation in 2018, will assume the new role as of October 16,…

The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded more than 160 startups across the world. The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) USA announced the winners for its hardware-based invention competition: Conservation X Labs, Project Prana, and JK Engineering, part of SelfChill cooperation. Their innovations address issues ranging from wildlifeMore

The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded over 160 startups across the world. The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) Kenya announced its 2021 winners: MeDevice Kenya, Tech Era and Aqualoo Technologies. The three prototypes — Aqualoo Technologies’ cement generator, MeDevice Kenya’s medical ventilator and Tech Era’s water distributionMore

The international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has supported and funded over 160 startups across the world.  The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) India announced its 2021 winners: Offgrid Energy Labs, PadCare Labs, and Life and Limb (P) Ltd. All three prototypes – Offgrid Energy Labs’ efficient battery technology, PadCare Labs’ menstrual hygiene management system, and…

For 25 years, the annual $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize has supported and celebrated inventors who are changing the world. The 26 winners of the Prize have gone on to receive over 3,800 patents – and more than 40,000 subsequent patents have cited those Prize winners’ inventions as a precedent. In February 2021, Rand Corporation released a

Their prototypes have five times less climate impact than standard air conditioning units available in the market today. The Global Cooling Prize, an international innovation competition to develop super-efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling solutions, announced its two winners: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, with partner Tsinghua University; and Daikin, with partner Nikken Sekkei Ltd.More

This World IP Day, we celebrate collegiate student inventors recognized for ground-breaking, patentable solutions to issues related to maternal health, energy efficiency and plastic waste. Cambridge, MA – April 26, 2021 – Following a year that demonstrated the importance and practical applications of scientific advancement and invention, the Lemelson-MIT Program announced seven winners of its annual…

The Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Initiative has launched a website to share information, resources, events and updates with the global engineering education community to help advance the goal of integrating environmental sustainability education in all engineering disciplines. Mobilized by The Lemelson Foundation and VentureWell with collaboration from hundreds of academic, non-profit, and industry leaders,…

New Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Initiative draws hundreds of stakeholders from academia, industry, philanthropy, government and nonprofit sectors Portland, OR – The Lemelson Foundation, the world’s leading foundation focused on improving lives through invention, announced the launch of the new Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative intended to instill social and environmental principles across…

Online learning program combines lab simulations and mentoring experiences focused on biotechnology and neurological diseases. Cambridge, Mass., May 28, 2020 – Today the Lemelson-MIT Program (LMIT) announced the launch of Biogen-MIT Biotech in Action: Virtual Summer Lab — a new online learning lab for high school students underrepresented in STEM. The collaboration pairs Biogen’s established…

Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, spacecraft and aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques and more. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 27, 2020 – Following a nationwide search for the most inventive undergraduate and graduate college students, the Lemelson-MIT Program has announced the winners of the 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The program…