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MARCH 23, 2008

I wanted to put in a plug for the Tech Museum Awards. Here's the blurb from the nice people at the Tech Museum: Nomination Deadline: March 24, 2008 Nominations are being accepted for the 2008 Tech Museum Awards, an international Awards Program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity.

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Museum Award Tech Global 100

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APRIL 3, 2014

She has a new vision of doing even more than the book caravans: she wants to build a new kind of school and ecologically sound social enterprise at an oasis in Morocco, which would include a museum about Moroccan culture. It''s a big set of goals, but she''s pulled off the improbable before!

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Morocco Literacy Europe History 199

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Tags: TechAwards Santa Clara Tech Museum Tech Awards.

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Award Tech Technology Benefit 145

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Helen Keller received this Oscar for the documentary about her life in 1955, as mentioned in the online Helen Keller Kids Museum. Spotted this photo of Benetech's Robin Seaman visiting the Helen Keller archive at the American Foundation for the Blind and holding an Oscar.

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Museum Photo Life Foundation 100

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JUNE 8, 2015

This leader also provides the vision, leadership, and partnerships for a number of our Benetech Labs projects, including our DIAGRAM Center for accessible STEM, and our latest work on 3D printing in education, museums and libraries.

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Technology Literacy Social Uganda 100

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NOVEMBER 10, 2005

The Mercury News ran a great story and quoted Peggy Gibbs, one of our execs: Old problems, new solutions : The Tech Museum Awards also provide a venue for many local foundations and non-profits to seek out new ideas and partners. Benetech is a past finalist for the Tech Museum Awards. The Tech Awards yesterday were a blast.

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China Award Museum Tech 100

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

I recently was forwarded a post from David Duthie (of the UN Environment Program) that spotted a new application: truth in sushi labeling.

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Costa Rica Taxonomy Sample New York 100