The Tech Awards
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The Tech Awards (expanded in 2016 to The Tech for Global Good[1]) is a program of The Tech Interactive (previously The Tech Museum of Innovation) wherein innovators from any country are recognized for technological contributions which benefit the greatest number of people.
History[]
The Tech Interactive created the award in response to The Millennium Project's report, which recommends the granting of awards to accelerate technology to improve the human condition.[2]
The Tech has granted the awards yearly since 2001 to multiple recipients in each category, and as of 2011, one recipient in each category also gets a cash award of $50,000 from any of various award sponsors. Awards are granted in five categories - environment, economic development, equality, education, and health.
In 2012, the categories changed to environment, economic development, education, health, young innovator, and Sustainable Energy. The sustainable energy category will not return in 2013. Along with the changes in the categories, the number of laureates changed. Each category would have 2 laureates, one laureate will receive $25,000 and the other laureate would receive $75,000. Therefore, both laureates received a cash prize.[3]
Global Humanitarian Award[]
The Global Humanitarian Award is given to individuals who displays leadership in using technology to benefit the world.
Year | Global Humanitarian Award recipient |
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2013 | Dean Kamen[4] |
2012 | N.R. Narayana Murthy |
2011 | Jeffrey Skoll |
2010 | Queen Rania of Jordan |
2009 | Al Gore |
2008 | Muhammad Yunus |
2007 | Gordon Moore |
2006 | Bill Gates |
2005 | Kristine Pearson |
2004 | James C. Morgan |
Sponsors[]
The following organizations are currently sponsors of The Tech Awards:[5]
- Applied Materials
- Intel
- Flextronics
- Microsoft
- Nokia
- The Swanson Foundation
- Accenture
- Polycom
- Qatalyst Partners
- KPMG
- Wells Fargo
- Ernst & Young
- Xilinx
Prize laureates[]
Award Laureates | ||||||
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year | award | laureate | affiliation | contribution | region | notes |
2010 | environment | Peer Water Exchange | Blue Planet Network | water sustainability | India | award |
2010 | Economic Development | Alexis T. Belonio | Gasification system for rice husks | Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam | award | |
2010 | Education | BBC World Service Trust | Mobile application development to teach English | Bangladesh | award | |
2010 | Equality | social entrepreneurship for drinking water | Philippines | award | ||
2010 | Health | promotion of double-fortified salt | India | award | ||
2011 | Environment | Cornell University | inexpensive water treatment | Honduras | award | |
2011 | Education | PhET Interactive Simulations | free educational physics and math simulations | United States | award | |
2011 | Equality | A simple, open, and collaborative way to subtitle videos | United States | award | ||
2011 | Health | A "solar suitcase" to provide emergency lighting and power for medical procedures | United States | award | ||
2011 | Economic Development | Eko India Financial Services | Simple, instant, and safe banking and money-transfer services | India | award | |
2012 | Environment | transform arsenic crisis into an economic enterprise while protecting human health | India | award | ||
2012 | Education | audio computer playing locally produced lessons that address the practical needs of people in oral cultures | Africa | award | ||
2012 | Young Innovator | Low-cost, embedded Pay-As-You-Go technology that allows customers to pay for energy use in small amounts | Africa | award | ||
2012 | Health | BioLite | A low-cost, highly efficient wood-burning stove that dramatically reduces smoke and harmful black carbon emissions | Global | award | |
2012 | Economic Development | Pamela C. Ronald, David Mackill, Kenong Xu | U.C. Davis | Identification of a submergence tolerance gene and precise introduction of the gene into locally adapted varieties favored by farmers using modern molecular breeding | Global | award |
2012 | Sustainable Energy | Simple, affordable, pay-as-you-use pricing and mobile payment for off-grid solar energy solutions | India | award | ||
2013[6] | Environment | Antrix Corp./ISRO: Sujala Project | Watershed development | India | award | |
2013 | Education | Enova | Created educational learning centers in areas determined by data | Mexico | award | |
2013 | Young Innovator | TOHL | Mobile piping infrastructure for post disaster areas | Chile | award | |
2013 | Health | Nazava Water Filters | Easy-to-use household water filters | Indonesia | award | |
2013 | Economic Development | The Darfur Stoves Project | An energy-saving metal cookstove adapted for local cooking traditions, and assembled from flat-kits that are easily stockpiled and deployed. | Sudan | award |
References[]
- ^ "Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Expansion of The Tech Awards". The Tech Interactive. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "About The Tech Awards". techawards.org. 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Press Release: Larger cash awards, new categories announced for The Tech Awards 2012". The Tech Museum of Innovation. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Krasny, Michael. "Inventor Dean Kamen Wins Global Humanitarian Award". KQED radio. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "The Tech Awards - Sponsors". The Tech Museum of Innovation. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ May, Patrick. "Tech Awards honor innovators seeking to change the world". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
External links[]
- American science and technology awards