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A group of scientists have detailed how to create materials that can redirect light around an object and make it invisible. This possible precursor to the ultimate camouflage �demonstrates the depth of ingenuity of the 2006 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 50 awards.

These accomplishments go beyond invoking the Invisible Man. Drawn from the worlds of research, business and policymaking, a good number of the names on our list have in common an interest in leading technological innovation as a force for the public good: A fundamental understanding of the molecular processes that produce the mind-erasing devastation of Alzheimer's. A hybrid car that recharges by simply plugging into the wall. A billionaire who gives up much of his fortune to improve the state of global health.

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