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SAN JOSE, CA – (Marketwire – November 20, 2009) – Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore today received 2009, James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian awarded by The Tech Museum As part of its international program, the Tech Awards
Presented by Applied Materials, Tech Awards celebrates the power of technology to meet the challenges global environment, economic development, education, equality and health. The Global Humanitarian Award, also sponsored by Applied Materials, honors individuals whose broad vision and leadership to help build a just, humane and sustainable. The award was inspired by the belief of the company President Emeritus James Morgan, the technology can be a tool to turn ideas into solutions for a better world. Gore was chosen for its international work on environmental issues – in particular, to raise awareness global climate change.
During the formal gala at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 15 innovators from around the world, were also recognized by the application of practical technology for the benefit of humanity worldwide. Five received cash prizes of $ 50,000 during the ceremony before a crowd more than 1,500 people, including industry giants in Silicon Valley, philanthropists and political leaders.
"Fear of the winners who inspired innovations are a powerful incentive for us to consider our individual responsibility to contribute to positive change throughout the world, "said Peter Friess, president of The Tech Museum. "Tonight we saw what happens when you get the best out of ourselves, with the express purpose of developing innovative ideas for future more promising. "
From Tech Awards was founded nine years ago, Applied Materials has partnered with The Tech Museum to celebrate extraordinary inventions to the winners and to bring greater visibility to their efforts.
"This is the best night of the year in Silicon Valley that welcome and support the teams surprising and people who are using technology to address the major challenges facing our planet with vision, impact, creativity and passion, "said Mike Splinter, CEO and president of Applied Materials. "The real winners tonight are the millions of people around the world who benefit directly from the work of the winners Technology Awards and whose lives have changed for the better. "
Tech 2009 Awards cash prize recipients are:
Intel Environment Award
Cows to kilowatts, Dr. Joseph Adelegan: slaughterhouse waste is one of the most important sources of water pollution and gas emissions greenhouse in most developing economies. The fixed-film anaerobic reactor used in cattle to draft kilowatt decontaminating waste stream slaughterhouse and converts organic waste into methane that can be used to generate electricity or cooking gas at low cost. http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/africa_casestudies/kilowatts.pdf
BD Biosciences Economic Development Award
Alternative energy for the empowerment of Alternative Energy Development Corp: batteries Fuel largely avoids waste lead acid batteries, solar or wind installation. Inexpensive, fuel cells, zinc air can be used in port communities without access to mains. Anodes of fuel cells can be removed manually in about 15 minutes and recycling zinc oxide waste as fertilizer. www.aedc.co.za
Microsoft Education Award
School Program Food, Akshaya Patra Foundation: High quality, energy density foods are essential to the process of education in poverty stricken areas. The Program School Feeding integrated and adaptive uses of high performance kitchen technology and a cost-effective delivery of food to serve millions of Indian children a nutritious meal a day. http://www.foodforeducation.org
Katherine Prize M. Swanson Equality
Fair Wage Guide Software, World of Good Development Organization: The artisans from around the world are generally paid by piece, often hourly rates. Fairtrade software calculator provides localized price assessment of hand-made products to improve the wages of informal workers. The free Web-based platform determines the price analysis localized the wages paid to artisans in comparison with international standards of minimum wages vital. http://www.fairtradecalculator.com/index.php
Nokia Health Award
Ultra Rice PATH: More than one billion people in developing countries suffer from dietary deficiencies in essential micronutrients, including iron, zinc, Folic acid and vitamin A. Ultra Rice is a cheap, nutrient-fortified rice additive standard, tailored to suit the common weaknesses in the region where distributed. href = "http://www.path.org/projects/ultra_rice.php"> http://www.path.org/projects/ultra_rice.php
The Global Humanitarian Award is sponsored by Applied Materials. A large corporation or foundation sponsors each of the five awards categories: Environment (Intel), Economic Development (BD Biosciences), Education (Microsoft), Equality (Swanson, the Foundation), and Health (Nokia). Other major sponsors include Polycom, SAP, Genentech and KPMG.
Other sponsors include technology support Center Awards Santa Clara University for Science Technology and Society, Wells Fargo, Google, eBay, and Qatalyst Partners Accenture. Partners include the World Federation of United Nations Associations, United Nations Development Program, World Bank Institute, Catholic Relief Services, National Center for Technology, the core group, Opportunity.org, Acumen Fund, NetHope, Ashoka Foundation, Schwab Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Global Giving, Lex Mundi, Social Enterprise Alliance, American Airlines, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, The Fairmont San Jose, The Sainte Claire Hotel, the Hilton Hotel San Jose, the Hotel Crown Plaza, NBC Bay Area, San Jose Mercury News, Forbes, Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Blue Planet Run Foundation and Bain & Company.
For more information about the Tech Awards, visit www.techawards.org.
About The Tech Museum
The Tech Museum is a practice in technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds. The museum – located in the capital of Silicon Valley – is an organization nonprofit educational resource established to engage people in exploring and experiencing the technologies affecting their lives. Through educational programs such as the technology challenge, our annual competition to design the youth team and internationally renowned programs such as Tech Awards presented by Applied Materials, Inc., The Tech Museum welcomes this and encourages the development of innovative ideas for a brighter future.
