President Barack Obama has awarded Rangaswamy Srinivasan, an
Indian-American co-inventor of LASIK eye surgery, with a national medal for
science, technology and innovation.
Srinivasan, 82, an inventor at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
Centre, received the 2011 National Medal of Technology and innovation with
Samuel Blumand James Wynne.
They were awarded for "the pioneering discovery of
excimer laser ablative photodecomposition of human and animal tissue, laying
the foundation for PRK and LASIK, laser refractive surgical techniques that
have revolutionized vision enhancement," according to the White House
citation.The recipients for their hard work and contributions
at a White House ceremony Friday, Obama joked that they represented "the
greatest collection of brainpower we've had under this roof in a long
time."
The medals represent the highest honours the US government
can give to scientists, engineers, and inventors.
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