Congratulations to Ramesh and the Camera Culture Group on the Lemelson-MIT Prize
The
Lemelson MIT Prize honors outstanding mid-career inventors dedicated to improving our world through technological invention.
The Lemelson-MIT Prize winner is determined from a field of nominees by two independent committees. One, composed of MIT faculty and alumni/ae, review the nominations and select finalists. The second, a national jury of experts from science, engineering, medicine, technology and business then selects the winner from the finalist pool, who must then be ratified by both committees. Raskar and the group won for their radical imaging solutions including Femto-photography, an ultra-fast imaging camera that can see around corners, EyeNetra: low-cost eye-care solutions for the developing world, and THz for reading through a book. Dorothy Lemelson, chair of The Lemelson Foundation, said "We are thrilled to honor Ramesh Raskar, whose breakthrough research is impacting how we see the world."
Articles: MIT News, The World is our Lab, REDX Invention Model
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We are humbled to see Ramesh join an impressive list of inventors who have received this award:
William Bolander, Stanley Norman Cohen, Herbert Boyer, Robert Langer, Raymond Kurzweil, Leroy Hood, Dean Kamen, Carolyn Bertozzi, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Jay Whitacre and many others.
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a peer to peer invention platform for young inventors innovating for billions
Raskar is using the prize to provide funding for REDX labs and clubs worldwide. Raskar's REDX philosophy has influenced six co-innovation hubs including:
REDX Mumbai
,
Medhacker
in Sao Paulo, LVP MITra,
Kumbhathon
,
DISQ
and the
Emerging Worlds
Special Interest Group at the MIT Media Lab. The platform is open and anyone can apply to start aREDX co-innovation lab or a club. He considers this a
'flipped venture capital' model
for impactful tech inventions.
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Reading through a book using ThZ
The new imaging system can
read through the pages of a closed book. This has applications in industrial inspection and in history and preservation, allowing you to read through closed antique documents or inspect samples of cultural value.
Terahertz time-gated spectral imaging for content extraction through layered structures
A. R. Sanchez, B. Heshmat*, A. Aghasi, M. Zhang, S. Naqvi, J. Romberg, R. Raskar
NATURE Communications Sept 2016
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Pratik Shah awarded INK Fellowship for his work in medical imaging
The INK Fellows Program is a young, global and cross-disciplinary community of path-breakers who will be the shapers of tomorrow.
Pratik works at the intersection of nanotechnology, imaging, low-cost diagnostics, entrepreneurship and scalable solutions for improving human health.
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New spectrometer for detecting fruit ripeness
Scientist Anshuman Das has co-developed a standalone smartphone based spectrometer supported on a wireless platform.
Ultra-portable, wireless smartphone spectrometer for rapid, non-destructive testing of fruit ripeness
Anshuman J. Das, Akshat Wahi, Ishan Kothari & Ramesh Raskar,
NATURE Scientific Reports, Aug 2016
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Our team returned from DISQ in Nashik, India in July 2016. The DISQ platform encourages innovation using digital technologies, to address the needs of citizens through their voice and that of the local administration, government, and industry.
Join the DISQ team to impact billions of lives.
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Save the Date - Emerging Worlds Meeting October 24th
Unleash the power of your creativity. Leverage the collaborative innovation of a diverse group of innovators, business people, scientists, and others to improve the lives of billions. This event is by invitation only - find more info here and an events coordinator will confirm availability.
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