Think of Keith Barry as a hacker of the human brain -- writing routines that exploit its bugs and loopholes, and offering a revealing look at the software between our ears.

Barry Schuler's multimedia firm Medior built key interactive technologies for AOL, helping millions connect to the Internet through a simple, accessible interface. Now, through venture capital (and wine appreciation), he wants to do the same for genomics.

Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life.

Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact.

Richard J. Berry is the mayor of Albuquerque -- the 32nd largest city in America and the largest city in New Mexico.

Pierre Barreau is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, composer and director who loves to create impactful things.

Birke Baehr wants us to know how our food is made, where it comes from, and what's in it. At age 11, he's planning a career as an organic farmer.

Liv Boeree investigates how we make better decisions in an uncertain world.

Eli Beer, the founder and president of United Hatzalah, has re-imagined first response by training EMT volunteers to respond to local calls and keep people alive until official help arrives.

Simon Berrow is a marine biologist dedicated to studying and preserving the basking shark.

Jennifer Brea was a PhD student at Harvard when, one night, she found she couldn't write her own name.

Unapologetic vaudevillians Barry Friedman and Dan Holzman -- the Raspyni Brothers -- have been international juggling champions, Guinness record holders, recurring guests on "The Tonight Show" and, recently, preeminent entertainers on the corporate seminar circuit.

David J. Bier is an expert on visa reform, border security and interior enforcement.

Jodi-Ann Burey is on a mission to disrupt “business as usual” to achieve social change.

C. Noel Bairey Merz is director of the Women's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, where she is a professor of medicine.

Biotech entrepreneur Hadyn Parry leads a science start-up that develops GM insects to fight dengue fever.

JK Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners -- a spellbinding, seven-installment fantasy of wizards, warlocks and decidedly British texture that brought her from rags to riches.

2012 World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker has travelled the world off the strength of his way with words. He combines the nerdiness of being a math student with the hopefulness of being a human.

Larry Burns is the vice president of R&D for GM. His job? Find a new way to power cars.

Harry Cliff looks for answers to questions about the origins of the universe and the laws of nature.

A professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Larry Smith coaches his students to find the careers that they will truly love.

Larry Page is the CEO and cofounder of Google, making him one of the ruling minds of the web.

Katie Hinde is studying breast milk’s status as the first superfood, providing babies with invaluable microbes custom-tailored to their individual needs, via an incredible and unlikely dialogue between the mother’s enzymes and the baby’s saliva.

Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Garry Kasparov is esteemed by many as the greatest chess player of all time. Now he’s engaged in a game with far higher stakes: the preservation of democracy.

With his unique inventions (including a device knitted from threads of high-tech alloy by indigenous craftswomen), Franz Freudenthal saves children from congenital heart defects.

Powerhouse singer Elise LeGrow plays with the classic sounds of R&B.

Inspired by art in all its forms, Daniel Lismore combines multiple inspirations from around the world into vibrant expressions of cultural appreciation.

Eythor Bender is the CEO of Berkeley Bionics, which augments humans with wearable, powered and artificially intelligent devices called exoskeletons or "wearable robots."

Sergey Brin is half of the team that founded Google.