tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217922760 2008-08-27 14:17:42 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/paloalto.html" target="_blank">Palo Alto High School</a> from Palo Alto, Calif., received a 2007 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to create a head-mounted remote control for quadriplegics. The InvenTeam presented its project at MIT in June 2007. Henry Evans, a quadriplegic, was the inspiration for the invention. Mikala Evans, daughter of Henry Evans, introduced the InvenTeam. 1180 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217895740 2008-07-21 15:33:25 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2006/nerinx.html" target="newwin">Nerinx Hall High School</a> from Webster Groves, Mo., received a 2006 <a href="%20http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/index.html" target="newwin">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent the Water Treatment and Transportation Apparatus (WTTA). The InvenTeam presented its prototype at MIT, upon completion of the grant. Inspired by two students who visited southern Mexico during a spring-break service trip, this device is designed to ease the burden on women who are tasked with hauling five-gallon buckets of water to their homes and provide cleaner water for their households' use. 865 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217870660 2008-07-21 15:48:48 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2006/upper.html" target="_blank">Upper Darby High School</a> from Drexel Hill, Penn., received a 2006 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent an omni-directional wheelchair. The InvenTeam presented its prototype at MIT, upon completion of the grant. As demonstrated, the wheelchair is capable of translational, lateral and rotational movements. 720 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217845580 2007-07-03 14:59:36 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/acton.html" target="_blank">Acton-Boxborough Regional High School</a> from Acton-Boxborough, Mass., received a 2007 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a resuable fire-fighting grenade, dubbed the DeCombuster, to supress fires. The InvenTeam presented its invention at MIT in June 2007. 784 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217820500 2007-07-03 12:05:28 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/george.html" target="newwin">George T. Baker Aviation School</a> from Miami, Fla., received a 2007 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="newwin">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a lightweight, portable, solar-charged traffic signal. The InvenTeam exhibited its invention at a showcase held at MIT in June 2007. 596 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217795420 2008-07-24 10:52:58 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2006/paul.html" target="_blank"> St. Paul's School</a> from Concord, N.H., received a 2006 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to create a fall sensor for the elderly -- a wearable device that transmits a nursing home patient's motion to a nurse's station that monitors the data. The InvenTeam presented its project at MIT in June 2006. 537 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217770340 2008-07-16 15:09:09 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <p>Martin Fisher is co-founder of the non-profit social enterprise KickStart. To date, Fisher’s low-cost irrigation pumps and innovative business model have helped to lift nearly 80 percent of his customers – poor African farmers – out of poverty. </p><p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-fisher.html" target="_blank">Biography</a> | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-08LMA.html" target="_blank">Press Release</a> </p><p><img alt="Martin Fisher" src="http://web.mit.edu/invent/images/awards/fisher_160.jpg" width="160" /></p> 333 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217745200 2008-07-16 14:01:20 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <p>Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a polymer expert who has inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices. His lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship are hallmarks of his career.</p><p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-desimone.html" target="_blank">Biography</a></p><p><a href="http://mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-08LMP.html" target="_blank">Press Release</a></p><p><img alt="DeSimone" src="http://mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/downloads/desimonesmall.jpg" width="180" /></p><p>?</p> 327 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217720120 2008-07-24 16:49:30 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/merrimack.html" target="_blank">Merrimack High School</a> from Merrimack, N.H., received a 2007 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a solar-powered biodiesel processor, which it used and tested as fuel in an old Air Force bus that the InvenTeam acquired. The InvenTeam exhibited its invention at a showcase held at MIT in June 2007. 252 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/217695040 2008-07-28 09:59:51 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/bromfield.html" target="_blank">Bromfield School</a> from Harvard, Mass., received a 2007 <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/" target="_blank">InvenTeam</a> grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to create a memory-assist device for people with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other memory-related illnesses. The InvenTeam exhibited its invention at a showcase held at MIT in June 2007. 221