Buzzing Bots Behave Like Bees
News Swarming robots that can act in concert and mimic the behaviour of bees have netted James McLurkin, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate in computer science, the annual Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is one of the larger...
[February 27, 2003, 10:06]
Tech Visionary Gets Inventor Prize
News In short order, the peripatetic inventor learned he was $500,000 richer, the recipient of the Lemelson-MIT prize. The Lemelson prize is named after Jerome Lemelson, a former toy industry executive and inventor famous for filing patent infringement...
[April 26, 2001, 8:53]
Genome Pioneer Wins Inventor Prize
News Leroy Hood, a pioneer of the project that mapped out the complete set of human genes, was awarded the $500,000 (about £320,000) Lemelson-MIT Prize on Thursday for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology".
[April 25, 2003, 7:54]
Robot Race Draws Crowd
News An MIT grad student, James McLurkin, won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prise for his work on swarming robots that can tackle coordinated tasks, similar to how bees work. More than 100 teams have applied to enter a robotic-car contest sponsored by the...
[October 31, 2003, 8:25]
