The finalists 2018

The 2018 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Paris, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France on 7 June.

Industry

• Erik Loopstra (NL) and Vadim Banine (NL/RU)
  Extreme ultraviolet lithography

• Agnès Poulbot and Jacques Barraud† (FR)
  Auto-regenerating tyre tread

• Gaute Munch, Erik Hansen (DK) and team
  LEGO® programmable robots

Research

• Jens Frahm (DE)
  Faster, real-time MRI

• Eileen Ingham and John Fisher CBE (UK)
  Donor tissue without rejection

• Jacek Jemielity, Joanna Kowalska, Edward Darżynkiewicz and team (PL)
  Stabilising messenger RNA

Non-EPO countries

• Stephen Dewar (CA), Philip Watts (US/CA) and Frank Fish (US)
  Turbines and fans inspired by whales

• Alex Kipman (BR)
  HoloLens: mixed reality smart glasses

• Esther Sans Takeuchi (US)
  Batteries to reset the heart

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Mehrdad Mahdjoubi (SE)
  Closed-loop shower

• Jane ní Dhulchaointigh (IE)
  Sugru: multi-purpose mouldable glue

• Thomas Scheibel (DE)
  Artificial spider silk

Lifetime achievement

• Ursula Keller (CH)
  Ultrafast pulsed lasers

• Jacques Lewiner (FR)
  Smoke alarm, internet connections, secure key cards and many more

• Henrik Stiesdal (DK)
  Offshore windfarms