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
Andrea Armani
Sensitive optical sensors detect single molecules
James Carey
Using “black silicon” to build inexpensive, super-sensitive light detectors
Adam Dunkels
Minimal wireless-networking protocols allow almost any device to communicate over the Internet
Kevin Fu
Defeating would-be hackers of radio frequency chips in objects from credit cards to pacemakers
Andrew Houck
Preserving information for practical quantum computing
Shahram Izadi
An intuitive 3-D interface helps people manage layers of data
Ali Javey
“Painting” nanowires into electronic circuits
Anat Levin
New cameras and algorithms capture the potential of digital images
Pranav Mistry
A simple, wearable device enhances the real world with digital information
Aydogan Ozcan
Inexpensive chips and sophisticated software could make microscope lenses obsolete
Vera Sazonova
World’s smallest resonator could lead to tiny mechanical devices
Elena Shevchenko
Assembling nanocrystals to create made-to-order materials
Dawn Song
Defeating malware through automated software analysis
Andrea Thomaz
Robots that learn new skills the way people do
Adrien Treuille
Complex physics simulations that can run on everyday PCs
