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Technology Innovation Winners 2004
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For a list of the judges, please click here.
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Categories:

Overall Winners
Biotech-Medical
E-Commerce
Environment
Materials and Other Base Technologies
Multimedia
Network and Internet Technologies
Security (Facilities)
Security (Network)
Semiconductors and Electronics
Software
Transportation
Wireless

OVERALL WINNERS

GOLD WINNER:
Sun Microsystems Laboratories (U.S.) - New method for chips to transmit data inside a computer up to 100 times faster than today's top speed.

SILVER WINNER:
Given Imaging Ltd. (Israel) - Pill-shaped video camera screens the esophagus for disorders.

BRONZE WINNER:
InSightec Image Guided Treatment Ltd. (Israel) - Device destroys tumors using ultrasound waves together with magnetic resonance imaging.

HONORABLE MENTION:
Flarion Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - New approach to mobile broadband networks, based on Internet protocol.

HONORABLE MENTION:
Witten Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - Technology that creates detailed images of conditions underground.

BIOTECH-MEDICAL

WINNER:
Given Imaging Ltd. (Israel) - Pill-shaped video camera screens the esophagus for disorders.


RUNNERS-UP:


InSightec Image Guided Treatment Ltd. (Israel) - Device destroys tumors using ultrasound waves together with magnetic resonance imaging.

Menssana Research Inc. (U.S.) - A breath test for detection of disease.

Advanced Imaging Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - Applies acoustical holography to soft-tissue imaging for early detection of breast cancer.

Restore Medical Inc. (U.S.) - Procedure to treat obstructive sleep apnea.

Ogenix Corp. (U.S.) - Small portable device that delivers pure oxygen to treat chronic wounds.



E-COMMERCE

WINNER:
Galp Energia SGPS SA (Portugal) - Gas stations use biometric payment system, where customers press thumb against glass pad.

ENVIRONMENT


WINNER:
Ferrate Treatment Technologies LLC (U.S.) - Wastewater and industrial effluence treatment without toxic byproducts.

RUNNERS-UP:


Runner-Up - Electric Power Research Institute (U.S.) - Process reduces mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Runner-Up - Regenesis (U.S.) - Metals Remediation Compund removes toxic metal contaminants from groundwater.

Runner-Up - Nutech 03 Inc. (U.S.) - Treatment to remove aquatic nuisance species from ballast water.

MATERIALS AND OTHER BASE TECHNOLOGIES


WINNER:


Startech Environmental Corp. (U.S.) - Recycling system that destroys wastes by subjecting them to superheated, ionized gases.

RUNNERS-UP:


Xerox Corp. (Canada/U.S.) - Plastic integrated circuits, which could be produced at much lower cost than their silicon counterparts.

Inion Oy (Finland) - Polymers from which a range of biodegradable medical implants can be developed.

Sage Electrochromics Inc. (U.S.) - Windows that can be electronically tinted to control incoming sunlight and heat.

MULTIMEDIA


WINNER:
International Business Machines Corp. (U.S.) - System for searching multimedia content using technology that analyzes audio, visual and text components.

RUNNER-UP:
Microsoft Research, Cambridge (U.K.) - SenseCam, a small black-box recorder of the human body, recognizes changes in light, heat and movement.

NETWORK AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES


WINNER:
Flarion Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - New approach to mobile broadband networks, based on Internet protocol.

RUNNER-UP:
International Business Machines Corp. (U.S.) - "Chung-Kwei," a system for analysis of e-mail messages and automatic identification of spam.

SECURITY (FACILITIES)


WINNER:
Nomadics Inc. (U.S.) - Hand-held portable explosives detector.

RUNNER-UP:
Pyramid Vision Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - Video surveillance system that replaces banks of multiple monitors with a single screen.

SECURITY (NETWORK)


WINNER:
Sana Security Inc. (U.S.) - Antihacker products based on the ways that the human body repels invaders.

RUNNER-UP:
International Business Machines Corp. (U.S.) - Method of authenticating identities based on analysis of the voice.

SEMICONDUCTORS AND ELECTRONICS


WINNER:
Sun Microsystems Laboratories (U.S.) - New method for chips to transmit data inside a computer up to 100 times faster than today's top speed.

RUNNER-UP:
Philips Research (Netherlands) - Miniature capacitors designed to boost performance and minimize size of circuits in mobile phones.

SOFTWARE


WINNER:
Witten Technologies Inc. (U.S.) - Technology that creates detailed images of conditions underground.

RUNNERS-UP:


VMWare Inc. (U.S.) - Software that allows computers to run multiple operating systems.

Nanyang Polytechnic (Singapore) - Software system for managing manpower requirements using genetic algorithms.

International Business Machines Corp. (Japan) - Disability simulator that helps Web designers ensure their pages are accessible by people with visual impairments. The head researcher, Chieko Asakawa, is blind.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S.) - Software suite for managing and operating cluster-based supercomputers.

TRANSPORTATION


WINNER:
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) - Hybrid Synergy Drive, the newest version of the gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain used in Toyota's Prius model.

WIRELESS


WINNER:
Mesh Networks Inc. (U.S.) - Command system enabling real-time tracking of firefighters and other emergency personnel in buildings, tunnels, etc.

RUNNERS-UP:


Vanu Inc. (U.S.) - System allowing wireless carriers to run multiple standards simultaneously.

Microvision Inc. (U.S.) - Wearable computers and head-worn displays, enabling mobile technicians to work hands-free.

Tropos Networks Inc. (U.S.) - Technology that allows economical, citywide deployment of Wi-Fi.

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