Computer & electronics hardware
Kees Schep
Helped develop blue-laser optical-disc storage systems with much greater capacity than todays DVDs. The discs are now being introduced commercially.
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Jonathan Abrams
Created the Nets top social-networking site, where eight million people communicate with friends and friends of friends.
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Guido Appenzeller
Started a Palo Alto, CA, firm to commercialize an encryption technology that uses a simple ID, such as an e-mail address, to ensure secure communications.
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Golan Levin
Explores the artistic implications of information technology.
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Ali Hajimiri
Developed an entire radar system, squeezed into a single chip