From: Scott Hultman, [Boston] Museum of Science
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012
To: Jeffrey Feigin, Inventor
Subject: Invented Here! Awards
Dear Jeffrey:
Congratulations! Your invention, Highway speed ground penetrating radar system utilizing air-launched antenna (Patent # US 8,115,667), is being considered for the Museum of Science, Boston's Invented Here! award on September 20, 2012, presented by Museum President and Director Ioannis Miaoulis. Thank you for your nomination.
Invented Here! is a special event that spotlights some of New England's newest and most innovative technologies and the people and stories behind them. Please join the Museum, the Boston Patent Law Association, and event emcee Robin Young of WBUR's Here and Now, on September 20 as we announce this year's honorees.
This special event hosted by the Museum of Science in collaboration with the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) honors New England's newest and most innovative technologies. By celebrating local innovators and their inventions, as well as the stories behind them, the program advances the Museum's mission of transforming the nation's relationship with science and technology. We hope to showcase breakthrough technologies that will fulfill important individual and/or social needs in novel ways, and ensure a more sustainable future for our environment.
The nomination period is now closed. Each nominated invention had to meet the following requirements: 1. Hold a patent or a published patent application issued within the last five years. 2. Be developed in New England or by an inventor that resides in New England, and 3. Represent a technology that can be described or demonstrated to the general public at the Museum of Science in Boston.
Join us for Invented Here! as we recognize the top inventions that best showcase a technology with the potential to change the way people interact with each other and the world around them.
6:30 p.m. Networking
Enjoy cocktails and a light dinner while mingling with some of New England's most innovative thinkers.
7:00 p.m. Program
Welcome by Ioannis Miaoulis, Museum President and Director
Recognition of the 2012 Invented Here! awardees
Conversation with the inventors, emceed by Robin Young, host of WBUR's news magazine Here and Now
Registration required by Wednesday, September 12.
rsvp@mos.org, 617-589-0185