Awards & Winners

2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Check winners and nominations of 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Check awards winners of 2008 National Medals Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

2008 National Medals Ceremony

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Forrest Bird

(For his pioneering inventions in cardiopulmonary medicine, including the medical respirator; devices that helped launch modern-day medical evacuation capabilities; and intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) technologies, which have saved the lives of millions of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other conditions.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Esther Takeuchi

(For her seminal development of the silver vanadium oxide battery that powers the majority of the world's lifesaving implantable cardiac defibrillators, and her innovations in other medical battery technologies that improve the health and quality of life of millions of people.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

John Warnock, Charles Geschke

(For their pioneering technological contributions that were central to spurring the desktop publishing revolution and for their role in changing the way people create and engage with information and entertainment across multiple mediums including print, video, and the Web.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

IBM

(For the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer and its systems architecture, design, and software, which have delivered fundamental new science, unsurpassed speed, and unparalleled energy efficiency and have had a profound impact worldwide on the high-performance computing industry.)

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