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Since 1999, the editors of Technology Review have honored the young innovators whose inventions and research we find most exciting; today that collection is the TR35, a list of technologists and scientists, all under the age of 35. Their work--spanning medicine, computing, communications, electronics, nanotechnology, and more--is changing our world.
2006 Innovator of the Year: Joshua Schachter
2006 Humanitarian of the Year: Christina Galitsky
Apostolos Argyris
Disguising data as noise
Prithwish Basu
His passion is finding ways to connect mobile devices, sensors, and robots directly--without the need for a base station. It's called "ad hoc" networking.
Seth Coe-Sullivan
Making screens crystal clear
Stefan Duma
Better virtual crash dummies
Christina Galitsky
Simple technologies save energy and lives
Ram K. Krishnamurthy
Cooler computers
Jane McGonigal
Designing games with new realities
Michael Raab
Making fuel ethanol more cheaply
Anand Raghunathan
Making mobile secure
Sumeet Singh
Faster defenses against computer viruses
Paris Smaragdis
Teaching machines to listen
Alice Ting
Lighting cellular movies