Gauri Nanda

The Clocky

Gauri Nanda's "Clocky" is the ultimate alarm clock. How it works: If you press snooze, the alarm jumps off your nightstand and lands on its wheels, beeping the whole time. Then it's time to play hide-and-go-seek. The gadget rolls, bumps into things, backs up and eventually stops.

Dennis Hong is in charge of the Robotics and Mechanism Lab at Virginia Tech.

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Eric Hoek is working with BP engineers to deploy prototypes of oil-water separation technology to aid in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Catherine Mohr works on integrating new surgical technologies into robots such as the da Vinci.

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To enhance city driving, Will Lark Jr. designed the City Car, a vehicle controlled through a computer that can fold in half, turn its wheels sideways, and parallel park with ease.

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Regina Dugan is the director of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), which is responsible for the development of new technology for the military.

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Lara Hodgson is CEO of Nourish, a baby water-bottle product for on-the-go families.
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Nate Ball hosts the PBS show Design Squad and invents gadgets inspired by Batman.

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Marissa Mayer is Vice-President of Search Products & User Experience at Google.

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Eben Bayer & Gavin McIntyre have invented packing material made from mushrooms.

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William Kamkwamba solved his African village's famine problem by building wind mills.

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With his high school buddy, Adam Lowry created household cleaning products that are stylish, nice smelling, and kind to the environment.

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Structural engineer Theodore Zoli makes bridges from novel materials that are both lightweight and disaster-proof.

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Yoky Matsuoka is figuring out how to make robotic arms that can be guided by the human brain.

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In 2007, Barrington Irving became the first African-American to fly a plane around the world solo -- and also, at 23, reportedly the youngest.

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University of Virginia biomedical engineer Kevin Janes investigates how cells "make decisions" for good or ill. His research could lead to new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers.

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Matt Flannery created an amazing web site that allows people to make small, $25 loans to entreprenuers in developing countries.

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Randal Pinkett is most famous for winning the TV reality show competition, “The Apprentice,” but his passion is using technology to help those less fortunate.

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Regina Clewlow started the organization Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) to encourage fellow engineers to brainstorm ways to improve the lives of people in poor countries.

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Cyber sleuth Kevin Fu works to defeat hackers who could attack embedded devices, from credit cards to pacemakers and defibrillators.

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Ellis Meng is working hard to save people’s sight using a method that gets away from painful, risky injections.

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Saul Griffith is an inventor who likes to create really cool things.

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Jeff Han is the guy who came up with those large, multi-touch screens you see on CNN.

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