Five finalists have been chosen for the first APS Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics, launched this year. Sponsored by General Motors and presented biennially, the Prize recognizes cutting-edge technologies, especially by physicists working in smaller companies.
The finalists are:

Jason Ensher and Susan Hunter
InPhase Technologies
For: Applying tunable External Cavity Laser Diodes (ECLDs) to holographic data storage

Andrew McDowell
ABQMR
For: Developing the first hand-held detector capable of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of hydrogen

Roy Rand
Imatron
For: Contributing to the development of an innovative cardiac CT scanner

Richard Ruby, John Larson and Paul Bradley
Avago Technologies
For: Developing filters and duplexers using FBAR (free standing bulk acoustic resonator) technology

Philip Wyatt
Wyatt Technology Company
For: Pioneering the commercialization of laser light scattering (LLS), a method with much practical benefit for both the chemical and pharmaceutical industries