America.gov-Innovation: Innovators

Iranian-American Researcher Explores Technology Frontiers in U.S.

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:51:16 GMT

Computer displays that fit into contact lenses, machines that assemble themselves, tools that let a doctor see precisely which of your cells has cancer, and nanodevices that monitor your health and dispense medicines are just some of the projects that Iranian-American scientist Babak Parviz and his research team are pursuing.

Innovators Help Reshape Reality

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:13:05 GMT

Benjamin Franklin Viewed Invention as Form of Public Service

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:04:46 GMT

U.S. Founding Fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams all made contributions of a practical kind to the nascent American society, but it was Benjamin Franklin who embodied the inventiveness and sheer creative energy that would mark the American character. Franklin (1706-1790) was a self-made man who rose to international prominence in equal parts as inventor, scientist, revolutionary and statesman. The remarkable course of Franklin’s life, from his humble upbringing as the 10th son of a Puritan soapmaker in Colonial New England to his place as the era’s most celebrated scientist and diplomat, revealed quite a bit about the opportunity and promise for advancement the young American nation offered its enterprising sons (and, a bit later, also its daughters).

Arsenic Filter for Water Offers Hope to Millions

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:54:03 GMT

The winner of a prestigious engineering prize is working hard to ensure that needy communities around the world benefit from his invention, which removes arsenic and other impurities from water drawn from tube wells. Abul Hussam, a chemistry professor at George Mason University in Virginia, has devoted most of the $1 million he was awarded as winner of the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize to distributing his inexpensive water filtration system to the poor in countries such as his native Bangladesh, where between 77 million and 95 million people are drinking water contaminated with arsenic.