Resumen de The innovators

• The article profiles several innovators including tropical disease specialist Fredros Okumu, archaeologist Sarah Parcak, and entrepreneur Jehiel Oliver. Okumu and his team at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania were awarded funds by the U.S. Agency for International Development to develop a footwear that will hinder transmission of the Zika virus disease. Parcak developed the GlobalXplorer which allows anyone to scrutinize satellite imagery of historical artifacts. Oliver developed the Hello Tractor minitractor that farmers can rent to perform up to 40 times more daily labor than they could.