Mr. Plasma

Here's a great piece from Erica Ogg over at CNET about Larry Weber, a visionary who can claim as much credit as anyone for plasma displays going from the lab in 1964 to a mass-market consumer success story four decades later. The founder of Plasmaco, which he built from IBM's shuttered plasma display plant in 1987, Weber eventually sold his company to Panasonic and currently serves as president of the Society for Information Display.

Weber's current project is working to reduce the power consumption of plasma TVs. Even if you're an LCD fan, you should find this article an excellent story of innovation and perseverance.