The finalists 2014

The 2014 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Berlin, German on 17 June.  

Industry

• Erik Dahlman, Muhammad Kazmi, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall, George Jöngren, Henning Wiemann, Johan Torsner and Magnus Stattin (Sweden, Austria, Germany)
  Mobile network communication standard LTE

• Luigi Cassar, Gian Luca Guerrini and team (Italy)
  Self-cleaning concrete

• Koen Andries, Jérôme Guillemont, Imre Csoka, Laurence F.F. Marconnet-Decrane, Frank C. Odds, Jozef F.E. Van Gestel, Marc Venet, Daniel Vernier (Belgium, France, United Kingdom)
  Drug against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Research

• Christofer Toumazou (United Kingdom)
  Microchip for quick DNA testing

• Thomas Tuschl (Germany)
  Gene-silencing technique to treat diseases

• Philippe Cinquin, Serge Cosnier, Chantal Gondran, Fabien Giroud (France) Implantable biofuel cell that runs on glucose

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Terese Alstin, Anna Haupt (Sweden) Inflatable bike helmet

• Peter Holme Jensen, Claus Hélix-Nielsen, Danielle Keller (Denmark) Energy-efficient water purification

• Carles Puente, Carmen Borja, Jaume Anguera, Jordi Soler, Edouard Rozan (Spain) Fractal-based antennae for mobile phones

Non-European countries

• Masahiro Hara, Takayuki Nagaya, Motoaki Watabe, Tadao Nojiri, Yuji Uchiyama (Japan) The QR code

• Cary L. Queen, Harold E. Selick (USA) Humanised monoclonal antibodies for drugs

• Charles W. Hull (USA) 3D printing (stereolithography)

Lifetime achievement

• Ingeborg Hochmair, Erwin Hochmair (Austria) Cochlear implant to restore hearing

• Artur Fischer (Germany) Wall plug, synchronised flash and many more

• Wieslaw L. Nowinski (Poland) 3D brain atlases for clinical use