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Computer & electronics hardware

Jonathan Abrams

Created the Nets top social-networking site, where eight million people communicate with friends and friends of friends.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Founder and chairman, Friendster
Region
Global

"The Mountain View, CA, firm has raised $14 million in venture capital."

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Alyssa Apsel

Adapts optical-communications technology to build receivers, transmitters, and interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communications within computers.

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Ramesh Raskar

Built large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors.

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Jesse Schell

Invents new forms of digital visualization.

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Sokwoo Rhee

Designed extremely-low-power wireless-sensor networks.
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