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  • Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    This young inventor created a synthetic model eye to help medical students train for optical procedures. With more than two million working parts, the eye is considered the second most complex human organ after the brain. So how can medical students train for treating such a complicated and sensitive part of the body? That’s the…

  • Invention Ambassadors Take on Society’s Challenges

    Invention Ambassadors Take on Society’s Challenges

    Over the past few years, inventor Jason Kang says he has developed his love for the “tangibility” of inventing, while discovering the impact he can have on the lives of others. At age 23, he has been involved in three startup companies and has helped invent an additive for disinfectants to combat life-threatening infectious diseases…

  • Teaching Green Inventing in 2018: Higher Education Workshop Highlights and Strategies for Action

    Teaching Green Inventing in 2018: Higher Education Workshop Highlights and Strategies for Action

    By Cindy Cooper, Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation A sterile-yet-reusable device that enables providers to offer minimally-invasive biopsies at lower cost . . . Packing materials made from mushroom matter . . . Home insulation made from hemp stalks . . . These are just a few samples of how young inventors have embedded sustainability…

  • Biosense

    Biosense

    Developing innovative medical devices for point-of-care diagnosis of chronic medical conditions for underserved populations in India Biosense is a company in India conducting research, development and assembly of innovative, network-connected medical devices that provide accurate point-of-care diagnostic solutions in low-resource settings in India. It began as an Indian dorm-room startup in 2008, and has grown…

  • Foundation Executive Director Carol Dahl Discusses Early-Innovation Funding in Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Foundation Executive Director Carol Dahl Discusses Early-Innovation Funding in Stanford Social Innovation Review

    The MacArthur Foundation’s100&Change competition offers important lessons on how to conduct large award competitions in ways that can boost the field of philanthropy.

  • Gearbox

    Gearbox

    Improving the ecosystem for hardware inventor entrepreneurs in East Africa by providing makerspace, training and other support services

  • VentureWell

    VentureWell

    Cultivating the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs in higher education to bring innovative products to market for social and environmental impact

  • Broadcom MASTERS 2018 Lemelson Award for Invention Winner

    Broadcom MASTERS 2018 Lemelson Award for Invention Winner

    At the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) competition, The Lemelson Foundation awarded the Lemelson Award for Invention to Salem, Oregon student John Madland for his project: Terrella Aurora Model: A Demonstration of Charged Particle Shielding for Space Exploration. John Madland He was one of the 30 middle school student…

  • Helen Lyons, Broadcom MASTERS’ 2017 Lemelson Invention Prize Winner

    Helen Lyons, Broadcom MASTERS’ 2017 Lemelson Invention Prize Winner

    Helen Lyons was inspired to invent by a problem she encountered close to home. When she was in fourth grade living in New York City, her neighborhood was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. “The streets turned into rivers, and I remember watching the water pick up cars and move them blocks away. It was a scary…

  • WGBH Design Squad Global

    WGBH Design Squad Global

    Helping student inventors make an impact through engineering by using the design process to solve real-world problems

  • The Henry Ford-STEMIE

    The Henry Ford-STEMIE

    Supporting invention and entrepreneurship education for U.S. K-12 students and creating a community of practice through real-world problem solving

  • Inventor Of Captcha/Recaptcha And Duolingo Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

    Inventor Of Captcha/Recaptcha And Duolingo Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

    We’re proud to announce that Luis von Ahn, the co-inventor of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA and CEO of Duolingo, is the 2018 winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raised in Guatemala, Luis saw the importance of opportunity and education for success. That’s why he developed Duolingo, a free and accessible platform for language learning. He has…

  • Global Minimum

    Global Minimum

    Creating invention education opportunities for students in Africa to build a sustainable pipeline of young inventors solving community challenges