the Tech Awards
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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 (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 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, 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.{{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 }}
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| Year | Global Humanitarian Award recipient |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 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 |
| 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:{{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 }}
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- Applied Materials
- Intel
- Flextronics
- Microsoft
- Nokia
- The Swanson Foundation
- Accenture
- Polycom
- Qatalyst Partners
- KPMG
- Wells Fargo
- Ernst & Young
- Xilinx
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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 | India | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=222 award] |
| 2010
| Economic Development | | Gasification system for rice husks | Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=224 award] |
| 2010
| Education | | Mobile application development to teach English | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=227 award] |
| 2010
| Equality | A Single Drop for Safe Water | | social entrepreneurship for drinking water | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=230 award] |
| 2010
| Health | | promotion of double-fortified salt | India | [http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=234 award] |
| 2011
| Environment | inexpensive water treatment | Honduras | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1643 award] |
| 2011
| Education | PhET Interactive Simulations | | free educational physics and math simulations | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1647 award] |
| 2011
| Equality | | A simple, open, and collaborative way to subtitle videos | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1652 award] |
| 2011
| Health | | A "solar suitcase" to provide emergency lighting and power for medical procedures | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1655 award] |
| 2011
| Economic Development | Eko India Financial Services | | Simple, instant, and safe banking and money-transfer services | India | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1656 award] |
| 2012
| Environment | | transform arsenic crisis into an economic enterprise while protecting human health | India | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1721 award] |
| 2012
| Education | | audio computer playing locally produced lessons that address the practical needs of people in oral cultures | Africa | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1722 award] |
| 2012
| Young Innovator | | Low-cost, embedded Pay-As-You-Go technology that allows customers to pay for energy use in small amounts | Africa | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1725 award] |
| 2012
| Health | BioLite | | A low-cost, highly efficient wood-burning stove that dramatically reduces smoke and harmful black carbon emissions | Global | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1727 award] |
| 2012
| Economic Development | Pamela C. Ronald, David Mackill, Kenong Xu | 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 | | Simple, affordable, pay-as-you-use pricing and mobile payment for off-grid solar energy solutions | 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 | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/antrix-corpisro-sujala-project award] |
| 2013
| Education | Enova | | Created educational learning centers in areas determined by data | Mexico | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/enova-learning-and-innovation-network award] |
| 2013
| Young Innovator | TOHL | | Mobile piping infrastructure for post disaster areas | Chile | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/tohl award] |
| 2013
| Health | Nazava Water Filters | | Easy-to-use household water filters | [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 | [http://thetechawards.thetech.org/laureates/darfur-stoves-project award] |
References
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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)