September 14, 2004
Tech Awards Laureates
The Tech Museum Awards honor innovators and visionaries from around the world who are applying technology to profoundly improve the human condition in the categories of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible. The Tech Awards showcase their compelling stories and reward their brilliant accomplishments. The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity's most pressing problems by recognizing the best of those who are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues facing our planet.
Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to submit applications. International panels of judges carefully review the applications according to a set of criteria that emanate from the Awards credo — Technology Benefiting Humanity. At the Awards Gala each fall, five Laureates in each category are honored, and $250,000 in cash prizes are awarded.
The Tech Museum announced the 2004 Tech Awards Laureates this week.
Check out the very impressive and interesting list!