Computer & electronics hardware
Aref Chowdhury
Invented techniques at Bell Labs that enable higher-speed transmission of data over very long distances (up to 6,400 kilometers) within fiber-optic networks.
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Maria Petrucci-Samija
Created materials that might soon make such integrated photonic circuits possible.
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Ari Juels
Improved the security and privacy of radio frequency identification tags, as well as cryptographic tools for authentication systems.
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Charlotte Skourup
Employed "augmented reality" technologies
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Mena Trott
Mena developed a simpler user interface which allows bloggers to create links to other pages by clicking and dragging items on-screen.