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'''Joseph Jacobson''', a native and resident of [[Newton, Massachusetts]], is a tenured professor and head of the Molecular Machines group at the Center for Bits and Atoms at the [[MIT Media Lab]]. He is the founder of several companies including [[E Ink Corporation]], Codon Devices, Inc., and Kovio, is on the scientific board of several more companies (such as Epitome Biosystems), and is one of the most [[List of prolific inventors|prolific inventors]] of the day.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} |
'''Joseph Jacobson''', a native and resident of [[Newton, Massachusetts]], is a tenured professor and head of the Molecular Machines group at the Center for Bits and Atoms at the [[MIT Media Lab]], and the first to develop [[electronic ink|e-ink]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything |last=Saylor |first=Michael |year=2012 |publisher=Perseus Books/Vanguard Press |isbn=978-1593157203 |page=53 |pages=304}}</ref> which is widely used in [[e-book]]s today. He is the founder of several companies including [[E Ink Corporation]], Codon Devices, Inc., and Kovio, is on the scientific board of several more companies (such as Epitome Biosystems), and is one of the most [[List of prolific inventors|prolific inventors]] of the day.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} |
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==Education and career== |
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Jacobson received his bachelors in physics from [[Brown University]], his Ph.D. in [[Physics]] from [[MIT]], and did his post-doc at [[Stanford University]] in experimental and theoretical nonlinear non-local quantum systems. While at Stanford, he set the world record for the shortest pulse ever generated by a laser (in optical cycles). |
Jacobson received his bachelors in physics from [[Brown University]], his Ph.D. in [[Physics]] from [[MIT]], and did his post-doc at [[Stanford University]] in experimental and theoretical nonlinear non-local quantum systems. While at Stanford, he set the world record for the shortest pulse ever generated by a laser (in optical cycles). |
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In 1999, MIT's Technology Review named Jacobson as one of the [[TR35|TR100]], one of the most influential inventors under the age of 35. He invented [[nanoparticle]]–based ink that can print on a flexible computer processor using an inkjet printer.<ref name="BookerBoysen2005">{{cite book|last1=Booker|first1=Richard|last2=Boysen|first2=Earl|title=Nanotechnology for dummies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_flVj1rz6CQC&pg=PA135|accessdate=2 September 2010|date=25 July 2005|publisher=For Dummies|isbn=978-0-7645-8368-1|page=135}}</ref> He received the 2000 Gutenberg prize. In 2001, he received a Discovery magazine award for technological innovation. In 2002, he received a National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Award. His research has been the topic of over 250 newspaper and magazine articles. |
In 1999, MIT's Technology Review named Jacobson as one of the [[TR35|TR100]], one of the most influential inventors under the age of 35. He invented [[nanoparticle]]–based ink that can print on a flexible computer processor using an inkjet printer.<ref name="BookerBoysen2005">{{cite book|last1=Booker|first1=Richard|last2=Boysen|first2=Earl|title=Nanotechnology for dummies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_flVj1rz6CQC&pg=PA135|accessdate=2 September 2010|date=25 July 2005|publisher=For Dummies|isbn=978-0-7645-8368-1|page=135}}</ref> He received the 2000 Gutenberg prize. In 2001, he received a Discovery magazine award for technological innovation. In 2002, he received a National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Award. His research has been the topic of over 250 newspaper and magazine articles. |
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Besides for his own research, Jacobson is a master teacher. Jacobson's protégé, Brian Hubert, recipient of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT student prize for excellence in invention and innovation, commented "Without a doubt, most of my best and technically innovative designs have come about in the time since I met Joe Jacobson |
Besides for his own research, Jacobson is a master teacher. Jacobson's protégé, Brian Hubert, recipient of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT student prize for excellence in invention and innovation, commented, "Without a doubt, most of my best and technically innovative designs have come about in the time since I met Joe Jacobson." |
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A major theme underlying Jacobson's research is (in his own words) to carry "out research that has the potential to have a positive impact on people's lives" and "to create an optimally interesting world". |
A major theme underlying Jacobson's research is (in his own words) to carry "out research that has the potential to have a positive impact on people's lives" and "to create an optimally interesting world". |
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Revision as of 17:14, 13 June 2012
Joseph Jacobson, a native and resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is a tenured professor and head of the Molecular Machines group at the Center for Bits and Atoms at the MIT Media Lab, and the first to develop e-ink,[1] which is widely used in e-books today. He is the founder of several companies including E Ink Corporation, Codon Devices, Inc., and Kovio, is on the scientific board of several more companies (such as Epitome Biosystems), and is one of the most prolific inventors of the day.[citation needed]
Education and career
Jacobson received his bachelors in physics from Brown University, his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT, and did his post-doc at Stanford University in experimental and theoretical nonlinear non-local quantum systems. While at Stanford, he set the world record for the shortest pulse ever generated by a laser (in optical cycles).
In 1999, MIT's Technology Review named Jacobson as one of the TR100, one of the most influential inventors under the age of 35. He invented nanoparticle–based ink that can print on a flexible computer processor using an inkjet printer.[2] He received the 2000 Gutenberg prize. In 2001, he received a Discovery magazine award for technological innovation. In 2002, he received a National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Award. His research has been the topic of over 250 newspaper and magazine articles.
Besides for his own research, Jacobson is a master teacher. Jacobson's protégé, Brian Hubert, recipient of the 2001 Lemelson-MIT student prize for excellence in invention and innovation, commented, "Without a doubt, most of my best and technically innovative designs have come about in the time since I met Joe Jacobson."
A major theme underlying Jacobson's research is (in his own words) to carry "out research that has the potential to have a positive impact on people's lives" and "to create an optimally interesting world".
References
- ^ Saylor, Michael (2012). The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. Perseus Books/Vanguard Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-1593157203.
{{cite book}}: More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help) - ^ Booker, Richard; Boysen, Earl (25 July 2005). Nanotechnology for dummies. For Dummies. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7645-8368-1. Retrieved 2 September 2010.