U.S. News & World Report – Tom Risen
“Science, math and technology education is inspiring a new generation of inventors to save the world. Western Michigan University students Joseph Barnett and Stephen John learned about the lack of medical care for newborns during their respective travels to Honduras and Nepal, so they designed a respirator for premature babies that can be built with simple parts and operated without extensive training. That design won the two aspiring medical students the award for best invention by an undergraduate team during the 2015 Collegiate Inventors Competition…Judges for the competition included members of the patent office’s National Inventors Hall of Fame such as Silver and Steve Sasson, who invented the original digital camera in 1975. Sasson says many of the contest finalists are planning to form startups to market their inventions while still finishing college.”(more)