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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Tech_Awards > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Tech_Awards.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_Awards > Source revision: 1171270586 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{More citations needed|date=May 2021}} thumb|Laureates honored at the 2016 annual Tech Awards. {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} '''The Tech Awards''' (expanded in 2016 to '''The Tech for Global Good'''{{Cite web|date=2016-11-16|title=Press Release: Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Expansion of The Tech Awards|url=https://www.thetech.org/tech-museum-of-innovation-announces-expansion-of-the-tech-awards|access-date=2021-05-11|website=The Tech Interactive|language=en}}) is a program of [The Tech Interactive](/source/The_Tech_Interactive) (previously [The Tech Museum of Innovation](/source/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 [State of the Future](/source/State_of_the_Future) report, which recommends the granting of awards to accelerate technology to improve the human condition.{{cite web |url= http://www.techawards.org/about/ |title=About The Tech Awards |work=techawards.org |year=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128224650/http://www.techawards.org/about/ |accessdate=2006-11-28|archive-date=28 November 2006 }}{{cite web |url= http://sts.scu.edu/nexus/Issue2-1/Nexus02_01_Koch.pdf |title=Technology and the Quality of Being Human (Award Origins) |work=SCU Center for Science, Technology & Society |year=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040311040851/http://sts.scu.edu/nexus/Issue2-1/Nexus02_01_Koch.pdf |accessdate=2004-03-11|archive-date=11 March 2004 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnw0jr36ZOQ&ab_channel=TheTechInteractive |title=The Tech Awards: The First 15 Years |work=The Tech Interactive |year=2016 |accessdate=2016-11-18}} 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](/source/natural_environment), [economic development](/source/economic_development), [equality](/source/%3Awikt%3Aequality), [education](/source/education), and [health](/source/health). In 2012, the categories changed to [environment](/source/natural_environment), [economic development](/source/economic_development), [education](/source/education), [health](/source/health), young innovator, and [Sustainable Energy](/source/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.{{cite web | title = Press Release: Larger cash awards, new categories announced for The Tech Awards 2012 | publisher = The Tech Museum of Innovation | url = http://thetechawards.thetech.org/media_room/larger-cash-awards-new-categories-announced-tech-awards-2012 | accessdate = 2013-03-14 }} In 2016, the Awards program was a retrospective celebrating the first 15 years, and announced that The Tech Awards would be expanded as [https://www.thetech.org/tech-global-good The Tech for Global Good], making "the inspirational power of The Tech Awards a year-round presence at The Tech, including special exhibits, educational programs, and "new summits and events that celebrate innovation and inspire young people."{{cite web |url=https://www.thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials |title=The Tech Awards 2016 |work=The Tech |year=2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203000035/https://www.thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials |accessdate=2017-02-03|archive-date=3 February 2017 }} ==Global Humanitarian Award== The Global Humanitarian Award is given to individuals who displays leadership in using technology to benefit the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.thetech.org/tech-global-good/global-humanitarian-award |title=James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award |website=The Tech Interactive |year=2023 }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Global Humanitarian Award recipient |- | 2013 || [Dean Kamen](/source/Dean_Kamen){{cite web|last=Krasny|first=Michael|title=Inventor Dean Kamen Wins Global Humanitarian Award|url=http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310300930|publisher=KQED radio|accessdate=2 April 2014}} |- | 2012 || [N.R. Narayana Murthy](/source/N.R._Narayana_Murthy) |- | 2011 || [Jeffrey Skoll](/source/Jeffrey_Skoll) |- | 2010 || [Queen Rania of Jordan](/source/Queen_Rania_of_Jordan) |- | 2009 || [Al Gore](/source/Al_Gore) |- | 2008 || [Muhammad Yunus](/source/Muhammad_Yunus) |- | 2007 || [Gordon Moore](/source/Gordon_Moore) |- | 2006 || [Bill Gates](/source/Bill_Gates) |- | 2005 || Kristine Pearson |- | 2004 || James C. Morgan |} ==Sponsors== The following organizations are currently sponsors of The Tech Awards:{{cite web | title = The Tech Awards - Sponsors | publisher = The Tech Museum of Innovation | url = http://thetechawards.thetech.org/about-us/sponsors | accessdate = 2013-03-14 }} {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *[Applied Materials](/source/Applied_Materials) *[Intel](/source/Intel) *[Flextronics](/source/Flextronics) *[Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) *[Nokia](/source/Nokia) *The Swanson Foundation *[Accenture](/source/Accenture) *[Polycom](/source/Polycom) *[Qatalyst Partners](/source/Qatalyst_Partners) *[KPMG](/source/KPMG) *[Wells Fargo](/source/Wells_Fargo) *[Google](/source/Google) *[Ernst & Young](/source/Ernst_%26_Young) *[Xilinx](/source/Xilinx) {{div col end}} ==Prize laureates== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="7" style="background-color: #CCEEEE;" | Award Laureates |- ! year ! award ! laureate ! affiliation ! contribution ! region ! notes |- | 2010 | environment | Peer Water Exchange | Blue Planet Network | [water sustainability](/source/water_sustainability) | India | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=222 award] |- | 2010 | Economic Development | [Alexis T. Belonio](/source/Alexis_T._Belonio) | | [Gasification](/source/Gasification) system for [rice husks](/source/rice_husks) | [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), [Philippines](/source/Philippines), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=224 award] |- | 2010 | Education |[BBC World Service Trust](/source/BBC_World_Service_Trust) | | [Mobile application development](/source/Mobile_application_development) to teach [English](/source/English_as_a_foreign_or_second_language) | [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh) | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=227 award] |- | 2010 | Equality | [A Single Drop for Safe Water](/source/A_Single_Drop_for_Safe_Water) | | [social entrepreneurship](/source/social_entrepreneurship) for [drinking water](/source/drinking_water) | [Philippines](/source/Philippines) | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=230 award] |- | 2010 | Health | [Venkatesh Mannar](/source/Venkatesh_Mannar) | | promotion of [double-fortified salt](/source/Iodised_salt) | [India](/source/India) | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=234 award] |- | 2011 | Environment | [AquaClara](/source/AquaClara) | [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) | inexpensive water treatment | [Honduras](/source/Honduras) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1643 award] |- | 2011 | Education | [PhET Interactive Simulations](/source/PhET_Interactive_Simulations) | | free educational physics and math simulations | [United States](/source/United_States) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1647 award] |- | 2011 | Equality | [Universal Subtitles](/source/Universal_Subtitles) | | A simple, open, and collaborative way to subtitle videos | [United States](/source/United_States) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1652 award] |- | 2011 | Health | [WE CARE Solar](/source/WE_CARE_Solar) | | A "solar suitcase" to provide emergency lighting and power for medical procedures | [United States](/source/United_States) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1655 award] |- | 2011 | Economic Development | [Eko India Financial Services](/source/Eko_India_Financial_Services) | | Simple, instant, and safe banking and money-transfer services | [India](/source/India) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1656 award] |- | 2012 | Environment | [Arup K. SenGupta](/source/Arup_K._SenGupta) | | transform arsenic crisis into an economic enterprise while protecting human health | [India](/source/India) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1721 award] |- | 2012 | Education | [Literacy Bridge](/source/Literacy_Bridge) | | audio computer playing locally produced lessons that address the practical needs of people in oral cultures | [Africa](/source/Africa) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1722 award] |- | 2012 | Young Innovator | [Angaza Design](/source/Angaza_Design) | | Low-cost, embedded Pay-As-You-Go technology that allows customers to pay for energy use in small amounts | [Africa](/source/Africa) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1725 award] |- | 2012 | Health | [BioLite](/source/BioLite) | | A low-cost, highly efficient wood-burning stove that dramatically reduces smoke and harmful black [carbon emissions](/source/greenhouse_gas_emissions) | Global | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1727 award] |- | 2012 | Economic Development | [Pamela C. Ronald](/source/Pamela_C._Ronald), David Mackill, Kenong Xu | [U.C. Davis](/source/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 | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1732 award] |- | 2012 | Sustainable Energy | [Simpa Networks](/source/Simpa_Networks) | | Simple, affordable, pay-as-you-use pricing and mobile payment for off-grid solar energy solutions | [India](/source/India) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1730 award] |- | 2013{{cite web|last=May|first=Patrick|title=Tech Awards honor innovators seeking to change the world|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24528152/tech-awards-honor-innovators-seeking-change-world|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=14 November 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2014}} | Environment | Antrix Corp./ISRO: Sujala Project | | Watershed development | [India](/source/India) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/antrix-corpisro-sujala-project award] |- | 2013 | Education | Enova | | Created educational learning centers in areas determined by data | [Mexico](/source/Mexico) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/enova-learning-and-innovation-network award] |- | 2013 | Young Innovator | TOHL | | Mobile piping infrastructure for post disaster areas | [Chile](/source/Chile) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/tohl award] |- | 2013 | Health | Nazava Water Filters | | Easy-to-use household water filters | [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/nazava-water-filters 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](/source/Sudan) | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/darfur-stoves-project award] |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.thetech.org/tech-global-good-1/2022-23-laureates}} - now The Tech for Global Good Laureates * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20170203000035/https://www.thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials}} - previously The Tech Awards (2016) Category:Awards established in 2001 Category:American science and technology awards --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Tech Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_Awards) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_Awards?action=history)). 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