San Francisco-based blueEnergy provides sustainable energy services to isolated communities in Nicaragua. Mathias Craig, executive director and chairman of the board of the nonprofit corporation, was on-hand last year to receive the prestigious Accenture Economic Development Award at the Tech [See the full post…]

At this year’s Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials at The Tech, NASA’s MathTrax team was one of five carefully selected 2007 Microsoft Education Award Laureates. The team, including Robert Shelton, Terry Hodgson and Stephanie Smith, designed [See the full post…]

At this year’s Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education was among the Microsoft Education Award Laureates. The Institute founded the OER Commons with the goal of sifting through [See the full post…]

Brazillian educational broadcasting organization Canal Futura was one of the Microsoft Education Awards Laureates at this year’s Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc. Canal Futura uses technology to augment Brazil’s education system, which faces challenges like poverty [See the full post…]

Fighting infectious diseases like Chlamydia, hepatitis B and Trachoma in developing countries is complicated because so many diseases go undetected. Diagnostic efforts are slow and expensive, and require specialialized facilities and skilled technicians. The disease may be preventable or treatable, [See the full post…]

San Jose, Calif- Nora McDevitt sat down with the 2007 Accenture Economic Development Laureate for the Tech Museum Awards, Anil Chitraker from Nepal. Anil Chitraker is with the Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness which harnessed Nepal’s 300 annual days [See the full post…]

San Jose, Calif. – At the 2007 Tech Museum Awards, Fred Davis interviewed Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel and presenter for the Intel Environmental Award. [See the full post…]

San Jose, Calif. – At the 2007 Tech Museum Awards, Fred Davis interviewed Father Paul Locatelli, Equality Ambassador and presenter for Santa Clara University. [See the full post…]

San Jose, Calif. – At the 2007 Tech Museum Awards, which showcase the power and promise of technology to improve the human condition, Fred Davis spoke with Peter Friess, president of the Tech Musuem about this year’s laureates and [See the full post…]

PUR Purifier of Water is an in-home system delivered to families in developing countries. This technology was developed by Proctor and Gamble and is one of the laureates being honored this year at the Tech Museum Awards.

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