September 12, 2006
Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards 2006
The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards for 2006 were announced today.
OVERALL WINNERS
Gold Winner-Sun Microsystems (U.S.): DTrace trouble-shooting software
Silver Winner-HelioVolt (U.S.): Lightweight solar-energy panels
Bronze Winner-Pfizer and Nektar Therapeutics (U.S.): Powdered, inhalable insulin
Honorable Mention-Sonos (U.S.): Digital-music networking system
BIOTECH-MEDICAL
Winners- Pfizer and Nektar Therapeutics (U.S.): Powdered, inhalable insulin
Runner-Up-Xencor (U.S.): Technology creating therapeutic antibody drug candidates
Runner-Up-Invitrogen (U.S.): ProtoArray, enabling analysis of thousands of proteins in a single experiment
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Winner- Sonos (U.S.): Digital-music networking system
Runner-Up-HP Labs India (India): Gesture keyboard for local-language computing
OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES INCLUDE:
ENERGY AND POWER
ENVIRONMENT
MATERIALS AND OTHER BASE TECHNOLOGIES
MEDICAL DEVICES
IT SECURITY AND PRIVACY
SECURITY (FACILITIES)
SEMICONDUCTORS
SOFTWARE
TECHNOLOGY DESIGN
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