November 25, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Tech Museum of Innovation has presented its annual awards honoring the creative use of technology to benefit society in the areas of economic development, education, the environment, equality, and health.
Among the winners, who received $50,000 each:
- International Development Enterprises, in Lakewood, Colo., which has developed Easy Drip, a low-cost micro-irrigation kit for poor rural farmers.
- Rodrigo Baggio, founder of the Committee for the Democratization of Information Technology, a nonprofit organization in Rio de Janeiro that uses information technology to provide education and training and to promote the inclusion of poor people in society.
- Andrew E. Lieberman, president of the Asociación Ajb’atz’ Enlace Quiché, a nonprofit organization in San Quiche, Guatemala, that has developed low-cost, bilingual technology centers for indigenous Guatemalans.
This year, the museum received more than 580 nominations from 80 countries. The deadline to submit nominations for the 2005 Tech Awards is April 4, 2005.
For more information: Go to http://techawards.thetech.org.
