People Who Could Revolutionize Our World

Forbes published a list of ten
"Revolutionaries." From "medicine and computing, pollution and poverty, and our understandings of the brain and the cosmos," Forbes is betting on them to improve this world in which we live in.

Among the more interesting are Kevin Eggan, a stem-cell researcher from Harvard University working on ways to derive embryonic stem-cells without destroying embryos; Christopher Voigt, a synthetic biologist from the University of California who is
reverse-engineering bacteria to understand how they work and how to reprogram them for useful purposes; and Ignacio Cirac, a physicist from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics studying quantum teleportation for use in communications and cryptography.

The full list:

Barry Bruce: Growing Electricity
Spinach isn't just for Popeye. We potentially could use it to solve the world's energy problems. ####

Ignacio Cirac: Quantum Teleportation
It's possible to send information from point A to point B without it touching anything in between.

Esther Duflo: Fighting Poverty Efficiently Much aid to developing nations is wasted. Better-designed projects could radically reduce poverty.

Kevin Eggan: P.C. Stem Cells
Making stem cells without destroying human embryos could revolutionize medical research in the U.S.

Matt Hanson: Open-Source Cinema
In the future, audiences won't just watch films--they will make them.

Thomas Linzey: Tree Rights
Should ecosystems have legal rights of their own, just like humans?

Karim Nader: Altering Human Memory
Your past can be changed--or at least your recollection of it.

Max Tegmark: Measuring The (Mostly) Invisible Universe
Can we map what we can't see?

Joshua Tenenbaum: The Human Computer
Can computers learn in the same way children do?

Christopher Voigt: Reprogramming Life
Building custom bacteria to kill cancer cells, create green fuels and more.

The Revolutionaries [Forbes]