Shunpei Yamazaki
Photo by Dan Winters
Yamazaki (No. 1) in a lab outside Tokyo, with a circuit he developed that is fabricated on a piece of glass; it will allow computer monitors to be no thicker than a pane of glass.
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Kia Silverbrook
Photo by Dan Winters
Silverbrook (No. 2) in his laboratory at the company he co-founded, Silverbrook Research, in Sydney.
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Forbes, Akram, Farnworth & Sandhu
Photo by Dan Winters
From left, Leonard Forbes (No. 6), Salman Akram (No. 8), Warren Farnworth (No. 7), and Gurtej Sandhu (No. 5) in a clean-room environment at Micron's headquarters in Boise, Idaho.
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Mark Gardner
Photo by Dan Winters
Gardner (No. 9) in Driftwood, Texas. He perfected chips for A.M.D. for 24 years and now does the same for his own company.
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Joseph Straeter and Donald Weder
Photo by Dan Winters
Straeter (No. 10) and Weder (No. 3) photographed at Highland Supply Corp. in Highland, Illinois. At right is a plastic sleeve for a flowerpot invented by Weder.
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