tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218407280 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/218385480 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/218357580 2007-08-08 10:50:13 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through science, technology, engineering, and math; empower students to problem solve; and encourage an inventive culture in schools and communities.<br><br>The 2007 InvenTeams Odyssey was hosted at MIT by the Lemelson-MIT Program during June 20-22.<br><br>Visit http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ for more information.<br><br>Music by Sbbrucey, available at http://www.sectionz.com. This video complies with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, viewable at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ . 202 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218337420 2007-08-08 10:41:27 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through science, technology, engineering, and math; empower students to problem solve; and encourage an inventive culture in schools and communities.<br><br>The 2007 InvenTeams Odyssey was hosted at MIT by the Lemelson-MIT Program during June 20-22.<br><br>Visit http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ for more information.<br><br>Music by STE316, available at http://www.sectionz.com. This video complies with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, viewable at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ . 142 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218317880 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/218297780 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 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218278060 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/218258620 2008-07-24 16:59:37 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program <a href="http://mit.edu/invent/n-feature1.html" target="_blank">Littleton High School</a> of Littleton, N.H., was a <a href="http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2003/littleton.html" target="_blank">2003 pilot InvenTeam grantee</a> that has since sustained a culture of inventiveness. The InvenTeam exhibited the Argus, a remote-sensing network device to monitor the weather, at a showcase held at MIT in June 2007. 175 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/218238020 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/218206900 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