Who will be the electronics industry’s next innovator?

The collaborative electronics community from Premier Farnell made the announcement on the back of a number of recent losses that have significantly impacted the industry – Apple founder, Steve Jobs; author of the first list processing language, John McCarthy; and creator of the C programming language, Dennis Ritchie. "At element14, we believe that innovation can happen anywhere and at any time," said Kevin Yapp, chief marketing officer at element14. "As a high service distributor we think of ourselves as the enablers of innovation. We are here to provide the expert views, opinions, information and services that make all our customers the great innovators of tomorrow. If we look at the lives of Steve Jobs, John McCarthy or Dennis Ritchie, we see individuals who set the standard for the electronics innovation by first questioning the limitations. The electronics industry would not be as big, significant or pervasive if it weren't for these and many others' contributions. I am sure we may already have the next big innovator as a member of the element14 community." The challenge has been set to all members of the element14 community of engineers, hobbyists and scientists across the electronics industry to say who they think will become the brightest among the forthcoming luminaries. The search will take place globally and community members can go to the discussion thread at Innovators of Tomorrow.