ROCKAWAY, N.J. – The editors of R&D Magazine are pleased to announce that the winners of the 47th Annual R&D 100 Awards have been selected and will be formally presented at an Awards Banquet in Orlando on November 12, 2009. These awards salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. A full list of this year’s winners is available at www.rdmag.com.
Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies newly introduced to the market. Many of these have become household names, helping shape everyday life for many Americans. These include the flashcube (1965), the automated teller machine (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the liquid crystal display (1980), the printer (1986), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm antismoking patch (1992), Taxol anticancer drug (1993), lab on a chip (1996), and HDTV (1998).
Still other recent award winners have achieved success and have become fixtures in their respective industries, including High-rate Vapor Transport Deposition for CdTe PV Modules (2003), LaserShot metal-forming technology (2003), VisIt fluids visualization software (2005), and Portable Acoustic Cytometer (2007). “The R&D 100 Awards honor the latest technology developments that are designed to meet societal, scientific, or business challenges facing us today—and tomorrow,” said Rita Peters, editorial director of R&D Magazine.
The winning of an R&D 100 Award provides a mark of excellence known to industry, government, and academia as proof that the product is one of the most innovative ideas of the year. This helps provide an important initial push a new product needs to compete
successfully in the marketplace.
Winners of the R&D 100 Awards are selected by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine. The publication and its online portal serve research scientists, engineers, and other technical staff members at high tech industrial companies and public and private laboratories around the world.
Winners will be recognized at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet on Nov. 12, 2009, in Orlando. A full list and details about the winning innovations are at the R&D 100 Awards website, www.rdmag.com. Additional information, including registration for the Orlando event, is also available at that website.
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