Photos: Popular Mechanics' 2009 Breakthrough Award winners

For the fifth straight year, Popular Mechanics magazine has scoured the planet for the best new products and innovators in search of the winners of its Breakthrough Awards.

This year, the magazine honored a leadership award winner (inventor Dean Kamen); a next-generation award winner (roboticist Greg Schroll); eight innovator award winners; and 10 "breakthrough" products.

Photo by Popular Mechanics

Caption by Daniel Terdiman