2009 Winners

The 2009 competition winners were selected from nearly 100 applicants. Find out what the winners have to say about their innovations and what they have been up to.

Meet our most recent winners and learn about their innovations.

gloved hand holding Active Networked Tag with small clips

EnHANTs

Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs) is a disaster recovery system for locating people trapped by fires and survivors of structural collapse using Active Networked Tags that are embedded in the building structure and carried by individuals—for example, attached to their clothing.

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Dr. Aydogan Ozcan shows a cellphone that can be used to diagnose disease

CelloPhone

A lens-free imaging platform on a cellphone for disease detection and diagnostics using digital holograms of the cells or bacteria, that is capable of monitoring HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and various other diseases.

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hand holding a cell phone with CellScope clipped to it

CellScope

CellScope addresses disease diagnosis and treatment challenges in developing countries by enabling clinical microscopy and wireless communication of healthcare information in the field, using a compact optical microscope onto a camera-enabled cellular phone.

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