MIT Technology Review, as a rule, focuses on the technology first—the breakthrough, the surprise, the accidental discovery with the potential to upend the way we live. Our annual look at 35 outstanding innovators under 35 is a reminder that behind all those innovations are people with dreams, fears, and ambitions. Sometimes they hack away at a problem for years before figuring out a way forward. Sometimes they stumble on a solution they didn’t know they were searching for. We hope these portraits offer a sense of the variety of work being done in technology, and a sense of what’s coming next.
Exploring new materials for better lithium-ion batteries.
The world’s narrowest fluid channel could transform filtration of water and gases.
Invented a way for neural networks to get better by working together.
A design for a heart valve that’s biodegradable—potentially eliminating the need for repeat surgeries.
An open-source autopilot for drones.
Preparing for the security and privacy threats that augmented reality will bring.
Employed crowdsourcing to vastly improve computer-vision system.
Finding ways to make promising perovskite-based solar cells practical.
Using an understanding of the brain to create smarter machines.
A computer scientist who founded Somalia’s first incubator and startup accelerator.
An “Uber for beauty.”
Developing new models for entrepreneurship in China.
Overseeing the commercialization of the promising gene-editing method called CRISPR.
His flexible components could change the way people use electronics.
His company AutoX aims to make self-driving cars more accessible.
Working to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Trying to make sure that AI benefits humanity.
Bringing tech’s dismal diversity numbers out into the open.
Ensuring that robots and humans work and play well together.
Leading the push for a more secure Internet.
Helping companies make sense of all the data.
Personalized simulations of blood flow in the body.
At the forefront of turning AI into consumer-ready products.
A pioneer in virtual-reality filmmaking.
Using chatbots to help people avoid legal fees.
An empirical method for measuring Internet censorship.
A method for measuring temperatures at the nanoscale.
The first system to play Atari games as well as a human can.
Better sensors for safer automated driving.
Her algorithms are helping self-driving and self-flying vehicles get around more safely.
Her computational models identify patients who are most at risk of a deadly infection.
A cheaper solution for devastating hacking attacks.
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