Making rechargeable batteries more powerful, cheaper, and longer-lasting benefits just about everyone. "Not a very good student in school," Phil Bennett didn't get into any of the major Florida universities but grew interested in science in community college and meeting Nobel laureates while working summers at the Miami Museum of Science. He helped develop Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries, and his company has pioneered the use of the next generation of Lithium-ion batteries.