An Indian-origin scientist has bagged the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize worth 5 lakh (or 500,000) US dollars for his groundbreaking inventions to create solutions to improve lives globally. <br/><br/>A media release in Washington said that 46-year old Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar is founder of the Camera Culture research group at the MIT Media Lab and an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences. He has more than 75 patents to his name, and having written more than 120 reviewed publications. <br/><br/>Raskar is also the co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including Femto-photography, an ultra-fast imaging system that can see around corners. He is also inventor of low-cost eye-care solutions for the developing world; and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover. <br/><br/>The annual Lemelson-MIT Prize honors outstanding mid-career inventors improving the world through technological invention and demonstrating a commitment to mentorship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. He founded the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab in 2008, where he focused on creating imaging devices for analysing light transport in computational imaging.