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	Lemelson-MIT Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson, and administered through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement.
		In addition to the prize itself, prizes are also given for lifetime achievement, student inventors, and apprentice inventors.
		Dean Kamen for his invention of the Segway and of an infusion pump for diabetics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lemelson-MIT_Prize (365 words)

	Insight on the News: The fine art of invention: despite an increase in litigation, American inventors file patent applications at a remarkable rate - includes related article on the Lemelson-MIT Prize recipients
		David Schwartz, an associate professor of chemistry at New York University and a Lemelson-MIT Prize candidate for his work in mapping DNA, tells Insight that working within a university structure can mitigate some of the problems that plague independent inventors.
		The annual prize, a $500,000 award presented to an outstanding inventor selected by a blue-chip panel of scientists, educators and business leaders, is intended to focus attention on inventors, turning them into role models for young people (see And the Winners Are...).
		MIT graduates and faculty alone have founded nearly 900 companies in Massachusetts and California and generated close to half a million jobs.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n17_v12/ai_18249006 (1179 words)

	US Initiatives
		The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has reached millions since 1995 through educational programs about the central role innovation plays in America, and through exhibitions and publications about inventors and their inventions.
		Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center at Hampshire College in Massachusetts provides students with experiential education in applied design, invention, and entrepreneurship with a focues on universal design and the development of adaptive equipment for people with disabilities.
		The Lemelson Center for Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LCIIE) at the University of Nevada, Reno, fosters curriculum development in invention, innovation, and patent law.
	lemelson.org /programs (452 words)

	Lemelson Center: Press Release 04/23/01
		The Lemelson Center is located in the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. The nearest Metro stations are Federal Triangle and Smithsonian on the Orange/Blue lines.
		The Lemelson Center was established in 1995 with a gift from the Lemelson Foundation, a private philanthropy founded by one of the country's most prolific inventors, Jerome Lemelson, and his family.
		The Center is supported by The Lemelson Foundation, a private philanthropy established by one of the country's most prolific inventors, Jerome Lemelson, and his family.
	invention.smithsonian.org /pressroom/press_release_detail.aspx?id=106 (465 words)

	MIT Entrepreneurship Center - Awards and Scholarships
		The 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize was awarded to Andrew Heafitz, an MIT doctoral candidate from Newton, MA, whose notable inventions include a low-cost rocket engine and an aerial surveillance system designed for the U.S. Army.
		The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is an annual $30,000 cash award presented to an MIT senior or graduate student demonstrating remarkable inventiveness.
		MIT rewards and recognizes student excellence in Entrepreneurship with a range of awards and scholarships.
	entrepreneurship.mit.edu /awards_scholarships.php (423 words)

	Elwood Norris receives 2005 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention - Wikinews
		MIT has announced that Elwood "Woody" Norris, inventor of potentially revolutionary technologies of Hypersonic Sound beams and AirScooter flying vehicles, will receive this year's Lemelson-MIT prize for invention this Friday, April 22.
		Part of the reason Norris was selected for the prize is his commitment to inspiring others.
		HyperSonic Sound, or HSS®, has been called by MIT "the first big improvement in acoustics since the loudspeaker was invented 80 years ago".
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Elwood_Norris_receives_2005_Lemelson-MIT_Prize_for_invention (635 words)

	Grad Student Wins MIT-Lemelson Prize for Inventiveness
		The prize and awards are part of a $6.5-million innovation and invention program funded by Lemelson at MIT.
		The Lemelson-MIT prizes were established three years ago by Jerome H. Lemelson and his wife Dorothy to reward achievements in innovation and invention.
		The Lemelson-MIT Prizes help raise awareness that inventing is a possible career option, Levy said.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V116/N23/lemelson.23n.html (652 words)

	MIT Entrepreneurship Center - MIT Laboratories & Programs
		The program awards the world's largest prize for invention and innovation, the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, as well as MIT student awards for inventiveness and doctoral fellowships seeking to create a more innovative and entrepreneurial environment in the US.
		The National Lemelson-MIT Prize program was created in 1994 to encourage young Americans to pursue careers in science, technology, and entrepreneurship.
		MIT-Stanford Venture Laboratory (Vlab) is the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum and is well-established as one of the premier high-tech forums in the Silicon Valley.
	entrepreneurship.mit.edu /laboratories_programs.php (638 words)

	openDoor: Invention!, March 2001
		Inventiveness has become a tradition: MIT faculty and alumni have won 47 Nobel Prizes, including 22 in physics.
		MIT has nurtured a heritage of invention and made a home for inventors and inventors-in-training.
		MIT stimulates invention in varied ways including renowned student contests ranging from robot design battles to the MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition.
	alumweb.mit.edu /opendoor/200103 (273 words)

	Inventor of swarming robots wins prize CNET News.com
		The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is one of the larger student grants in the country and comes with a $30,000 award.
		The Lemelson Foundation was created by Jerome Lemelson, one of the more polarizing figures in modern day patent life.
		The Lemelson charitable foundation has access to over $250 million and donates to a variety of causes to promote scientific education.
	news.com.com /2100-1008-986190.html (849 words)

	Lemelson-MIT Program
		Moreover, the judging panel, as members of the MIT community, are asked to keep in mind that student applications are distributed solely for the purpose of evaluation for the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and should not be reproduced for other purposes.
		There is only one $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize presented each year.
		Keeping in mind the goals of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, we ask the judges to take a holistic view of each application.
	www.mit.edu /afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/a-studentFAQ.html (476 words)

	Boston.com / News / Science / Norris wins inventor's 'Nobel Prize'
		At age 63, Norris has earned what he calls "the Nobel Prize of inventing": the $500,000 annual Lemelson-MIT Prize, the largest single cash award for invention in the United States.
		Norris plans to use his Lemelson-MIT prize to establish a foundation to help struggling independent inventors.
		The Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 by Jerome Lemelson, who died in 1997, to raise the stature of inventors and to inspire invention and innovation among young people.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/04/17/norris_wins_inventors_nobel_prize (722 words)

	Caltech Press Release, 5/10/1999, Carver Mead
		The Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded annually to a living American inventor who has significantly contributed to society through invention and who has shown a tireless commitment to stimulating invention and creativity in the United States.
		Administered by MIT, the program is named after Jerome H. Lemelson (1923-1997) and his wife, Dorothy, who established the program in 1994.
		Administered solely by MIT and based at the Sloan School of Management, the program is under the guidance of economist Lester C. Thurow.
	pr.caltech.edu /media/Press_Releases/PR11982.html (355 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Correction: Lemelson-MIT award story
		In an April 16 story about the Lemelson-MIT Prize awarded to Elwood "Woody" Norris, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of the ceremony in Portland, Ore. It will be held this Friday, not Thursday.
		BOSTON -- In an April 16 story about the Lemelson-MIT Prize awarded to Elwood "Woody" Norris, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of the ceremony in Portland, Ore. It will be held this Friday, not Thursday.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/17/correction_lemelson_mit_award_story (72 words)

	Tech visionary gets inventor prize - ZDNet UK News
		The Lemelson prize is named after Jerome Lemelson, a former toy industry executive and inventor famous for filing patent infringement lawsuits against a wide variety of defendants.
		The prize, which was presented to Kurzweil on Wednesday in Washington DC, recognises his 35-year track record inventing technologies in areas as diverse as pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and speech reading.
		Reflecting on the importance of the prize, Kurzweil said he hoped to be remembered for making contributions to the field of pattern recognition.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /business/0,39020645,2085849,00.htm (629 words)

	Current News
		Previous recipients of the annual $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize include Raymond Kurzweil, artificial intelligence pioneer; Thomas Fogarty, surgical pioneer and inventor of the embolectomy balloon catheter; Carver Mead, physicist who revolutionized the field of microelectronics; Robert Langer, inventor of the first FDA-approved brain cancer treatment; and Douglas Englebart, computing visionary and inventor of the computer mouse.
		In naming Kamen as this year's $500,000 Prize recipient, Professor Merton Flemings, Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, expressed admiration for Kamen's accomplishments, including his establishment of FIRST, whose mission is similar to that of the Lemelson-MIT Program: "I can't think of a more deserving innovator to celebrate than Dean Kamen," said Flemings.
		San Francisco, CA, April 23, 2002 The Lemelson-MIT Program announced today that its annual $500,000 prize - the world's largest single award for invention - is being presented to Dean Kamen, a pioneer of medical technologies and a leading advocate for science and invention, particularly among students.
	www.lemelson.org /news/current_detail.php?id=428 (1177 words)

	Lemelson Center
		Affiliated activities include the the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, Doctoral Fellowships, and the MIT E-Team projects.
		Hands On Science Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC The Lemelson Foundation contributed to the Hands On Science Center, part of the Smithsonian's Science in American Life exhibit.
		These initiatives constitute the Lemelson National Program in Invention, Innovation, and Creativity and are pursued through the Lemelson Foundation, a private philanthropy established by the Lemelson family.
	www.si.edu /harcourt/nmah/lemel/LemNatl.htm (339 words)

	Wired News: Biotech Inventor Wins Big Bucks
		But the focus of his career, and the reason MIT has awarded him the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, is the invention of technologies that are the backbone of the life sciences today.
		In a letter of recommendation for Hood to the Lemelson-MIT prize committee, he said, "He has not only done great science, but has created new science through which many will create new knowledge to the benefit of all mankind."
		The prize is known as the Oscar for inventors, and is the largest single cash prize for invention.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,58603,00.html (1044 words)

	Inventing Modern America: About the Lemelson-MIT Program
		An initiative of The Lemelson Foundation, the Lemelson-MIT Program presents inspiring inventor/innovator role models through outreach activities, courses, and annual awards, including the world's largest for invention—the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
		The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is given to an MIT senior or graduate student who exhibits exceptional inventiveness.
		Based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Lemelson-MIT Program was established by the late independent inventor Jerome Lemelson and his wife, Dorothy, in 1994.
	www.mit.edu /afs/athena/org/i/invent/www/ima/program.html (252 words)

	noticias - HST student wins $30,000 Lemelson Prize
		The 27-year-old M.D./Ph.D. student received the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventive research with a new protein and a common coagulant that may help both stroke and cancer patients.
		"While innovation is common at MIT and in our lab, David's ability to produce such a wide variety of inventions with such tremendous clinical potential is rare," said Robert Langer, the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at MIT and one of Berry's advisors, in his recommendation letter.
		Working in the lab of Ram Sasisekharan, a professor of Biological Engineering and another of Berry's advisors, Berry and co-workers at MIT conceived the idea of a new protein, called dimeric FGF2, or dFGF2 for short.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=48914 (672 words)

	Poway inventor excited about MIT prize Global science
		More than 50 of Norris' relatives and friends were on hand to watch as the inventor was handed the MIT prize.
		The news came two months before MIT announced the award last week, Norris said, but he was told to keep mum until the institute was ready to reveal the winner.
		The $500,000 award is the largest single cash prize for invention in the United States, making it a science geek's dream.
	www.scienceinfoport.com /node/11151 (941 words)

	CNN.com - MIT grad student honored for lens device - Feb. 20, 2004
		An MIT graduate student won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and $30,000 on Thursday for inventing a device that makes low-cost eyeglass lenses within 10 minutes.
		The Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 by the late inventor Jerome H. Lemelson and his wife.
		CNN.com - MIT grad student honored for lens device - Feb. 20, 2004
	cnn.com /2004/EDUCATION/02/20/inventor.prize.ap (325 words)

	MIT inventor, biomedical engineer to present here: 9/25
		The Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Harvard University inventor and pioneer in biomedical and chemical engineering was named the winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for 1998, the world’s largest single cash prize for American invention and innovation.
		The MUSC Foundation for Research Development, in what is to become an annual event spotlighting biomedical invention and innovation, will feature Lemelson-MIT Prize winner Robert Langer, Sc.D., to speak at 4 p.m.
		Langer’s discoveries are at the heart of the emerging technology of tissue engineering and the multibillion-dollar controlled drug delivery industry.
	www.musc.edu /catalyst/archive/1998/co9-25mit.htm (399 words)

	Inventors & Inventions Selected Web Sites Pius XII Memorial Library Saint Louis University
		Part of the Invention Dimension Web site from MIT, "This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Prize Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions.
		In 1994, the nation's most prolific living inventor, Jerome H. Lemelson, and his wife, Dorothy, established the Lemelson-MIT Prize Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Lemelson Center: The Jerome and Dorothy Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
	www.slu.edu /libraries/pius/qrefsour/qrefinvt.html (413 words)

	Black Issues in Higher Education: Innovative robotics research keeps spotlight on MIT grad student: James McLurkin recipient of annual Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventiveness - tech talk
		The prize recognizes that James is a talented and deserving individual," says Dr. Rodney Brooks, director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, who has worked closely with McLurkin.
		In a recommendation letter for the prize, Brooks stated, "In the future, the world will be full of teams of mobile robots and they will all trace their ancestry to those developed by James McLurkin while still a student at MIT."
		His foundation established a Lemelson-MIT program in 1994 to raise the awareness of inventors and innovators among young people.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_3_20/ai_99746372 (935 words)

	MIT World » Distributed Intelligence » Home
		MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT.
		Contributions will offset our operating costs and allow MIT World to grow while remaining a free and open presence on the web.
		MIT Host: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
	mitworld.mit.edu /index.php (269 words)

	USATODAY.com - Segway scooter inventor wins MIT prize
		BOSTON (AP) — Dean Kamen, creator of the much-ballyhooed Segway scooter, has been named the winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize for inventors.
		The Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 by inventor Jerome H. Lemelson and his wife, Dorothy.
		Kamen, who will receive his prize Wednesday in San Francisco, said he started inventing early.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2002/04/23/kamen-prize.htm (437 words)

	Wired News: Mouse Creator Gets His Due
		Engelbart is the first computer scientist to receive the Lemelson-MIT Prize; past recipients were Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first implantable pacemaker; and Henry Boyer and Stanley Cohen, who are responsible for genetic engineering.
		The 72-year-old Engelbart was honored at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize, an award for inventors that carries with it a US$500,000 check.
		Begun three years ago by inventor Jerome H. Lemelson to encourage young scientists, the Lemelson-MIT Prize offers the world's largest award for inventors each year.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,3077,00.html (541 words)

	NIH Record - 6-16-98 -- Awardees
		The Lemelson-MIT Prize, established in 1994, is awarded annually for outstanding inventiveness and creativity that significantly benefit society.
		Langer received this year's award and its $500,000 prize at a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. He has also received support for shorter time periods from NEI, NIAID and NIAMS.
		In addition to codeveloping the first FDA-approved treatment for brain cancer in 20 years, Langer has done research that led to the development of artificial skin to treat burns and synthetic cartilage to treat joint injuries.
	www.nih.gov /news/NIH-Record/06_16_98/awardees.htm (157 words)

	Inventor of the Mouse Wins $500,000 Prize / Bay Area scientist wins Lemelson-MIT award for creations
		Although not in a class with the Nobel Prize for chemistry or physics, each of which carry $1.12 million stipends, the Lemelson-MIT prize is the largest awarded exclusively to U.S. inventors and scientific innovators.
		Atherton scientist Douglas Engelbart, who invented the computer mouse and a score of other devices and techniques that make it easier to use computers and network with other users, has won this year's $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
		Engelbart, described as a ``true visionary'' by Lester C. Thurow, an MIT economics professor and chairman of the prize board, conceived the mouse during the early 1960s, long before the advent of personal computers.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/04/10/BU21759.DTL (409 words)

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