A Lot Of Women Are Making New Inventions In Science And Technology.

Key Sentence:

• In 2011, then 56-year-old billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Hosea told an audience in Bangalore.
• That “People under 35 are the ones who make a difference.
• People over the age of 45 usually die after coming up with new ideas.”

Khosla defied his stereotypes when, six years later, he became an investor in Metawave. A radar Science And Technology company founded by then 54-year-old Maha Achour. This longtime entrepreneur and MIT-trained physicist use aerial imagery and advanced technology to keep self-driving cars running smoothly in all weather conditions.

“Experience is everything,” he says of how his age helped him start and grow his business. “I had to build the brain behind the radar because all the previous radars weren’t as efficient and didn’t have enough power.”

It’s the kind of bold thinking that put Achour on our 50 Over 50: Vision list. Created in collaboration with Mika Brzezinski’s Know Your Value initiative.

This list highlights women over 50 bringing revolutionary technology and creative thinking to science, art, technology, and healthcare.

This is the second of three topic-focused lists added to our first 50 lists, which began in June. It aims to draw attention to women getting their most significant success at an age when some segments of society are also copying it. Quickly. Last month we launched 50 Over 50. Impact to attract women over 50 who transform their communities through social entrepreneurship, advocacy, and education.

When compiling the final list of 50 visionaries, we were guided by the results and insights of our three judges: Grameen CEO Andrea Jung; Diane von Fürstenberg fashion icon; and Janice Bryant Howroyd founder of Act One and one of America’s richest Native women.

Forbes editors helped refine the list by considering several factors, from the candidate’s unique scientific. Artistic vision to their impact on healthcare, robotics, music, dance, and more.

The list includes three of MacArthur’s colleagues – robotics Daniela Russ, architect Jeanne Ganges and palliative medicine specialist Dr. have a mean age of over 45 years).

This also includes women who have a strong focus on art or science-based discipline. For 66-year-old Lillian Colon, the domain is dancing. In 1987 she became Latina Radio City’s first rocket but did not stop dancing after retiring from a New York dance company in 2002. Instead, Colon continued to attend classes and audition for the film in 2019. Adaptation of the musical Lynn Manuel Miranda” In the Heights.” Colon is not only the only dancer over 50 to appear in the film, but he is the only dancer over 50 who can even audition.