Linus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium
Technology Prize.
Summary: Linux Creator’s Linus Torvalds is one of two laureates for the
Millennium Technology Prize. This award is close as technology has to a
Nobel Prize.
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equivalent-of-a-nobel-prize-the-millennium-technology-prize/10789
Excertos:
- You can win Nobel prizes for physics, chemistry, and medicine, but
technology? No. There is, however the Millennium Technology Prize. This is
the world’s largest technology prize. It is rewarded ever two years for a
technological innovation that significantly improves the quality of human
life, today and in the future. This year, Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator,
and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, maker of a new way to create stem cells without the
use of embryonic stem cells, are both laureates for the 2012 Millennium
Technology Prize.
Rui Maciel