Printing Parts

Systems that print mechanical components with metal ­powder could be used to build lighter, more efficient airplanes.

Nuria Oliva-Jorge

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Noah Snavely

Snavely present his work at EmTech 2011: Synthesizing 3-D models from 2-D photographs

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Jernej Barbic

Barbic presents his work at EmTech 2011: Speeding up simulations of complex objects University of Southern California Read more: http://techre.vu/yfxuh8

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Jeff Hammerbacher

Hammerbacher presents his work at EmTech 2011: Managing huge data sets Company: Cloudera Learn more:http://techre.vu/wkeXPq

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Gert Lanckriet

Lanckriet presents his work at EmTech 2011: Teaching computers to classify music University of California, San Diego Is Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" a happy song? Is "Bohemian Rhapsody" sad? Gert Lanckriet wants computers to be able to tell. Then people could search for tunes that match a ...

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Dan Berkenstock

Berkenstock describes his work at EmTech 2011: Cheaper satellite pictures. Skybox Imaging Dan Berkenstock, cofounder and chief product officer of Skybox Imaging, wants to let "anyone know what's happening anywhere in the world at any time." Nex

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Christopher Bettinger

Bettinger describes his work at EmTech 2011: Tailoring polymers for biodegradable implants Carnegie Mellon University As a graduate student at MIT, Christopher Bettinger created strong, rubbery polymers that mimic natural tissue and can be tail

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Brian Gerkey

Gerkey describes his work at EmTech 2011: A common language for robots Willow Garage PROBLEM: People who want to program robots have had to either write software from scratch or purchase proprietary software that is hard to modify. SOLUTION:

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ben Rubin

Rubin describes his work at EmTech 2011: Letting consumers analyze their sleep Zeo In college at Brown University, Ben Rubin had an odd nighttime ritual. He would hook himself up to an old polysomnography machine, a refrigerator-size device that clinics use to diagnose sleep disorders. He ...

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Andrew Phillips

Phillips describes his work at EmTech 2011: Computer-assisted genetic engineering Microsoft Research Synthetic biology offers the prospect of engineering microbes to fight disease or produce biofuels, but designing the necessary DNA instructions is normally an arduous task. With software ...

Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ajit Narayanan

Narayanan describes his work at EmTech 2011: Affordable speech synthesizers Invention Labs Some four million people in India suffer from cerebral palsy and other disabilities that make it difficult or impossible for them to speak. Giving them a voice is the job of Ajit Narayanan's low-cost ...

Making 3-D Models From Your Photos

See how free software can recreate an object in detailed 3-D using photos of it taken from different angles.

MaKey MaKey

MaKey MaKey, created by Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum of the MIT Media Lab, is a simple invention kit that allows users to turn everyday objects into touchpads.

LiquiGlide

"A revolutionary super-slippery coating to liberate your ketchup!"