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.
2009 Innovator of the Year: Kevin Fu
2009 Humanitarian of the Year: José Gómez-Márquez
Jorge Conde
Offering consumers whole-genome sequencing--and software to interpret it
José Gómez-Márquez
Practical medical devices for use in poor countries
Michelle Khine
A children’s toy inspires a cheap, easy production method for high-tech diagnostic chips
Erez Lieberman-Aiden
Quantitative tools offer new insights into evolution
Andrew Lynn
Repairing joints by stimulating regrowth in bone and cartilage
Ellis Meng
Micropumps deliver drugs that prevent blindness
C. Shad Thaxton
Nanoparticles could treat cardiovascular disease by mimicking “good cholesterol”
