Ray Kurzweil heeft op 20 april de Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award ontvangen in de Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. voor zijn verdiensten als futurist, uitvinder van computergerelateerde technologieën.
Arthur C. Clarke is de vorig jaar overleden auteur van ‘2001: a space odyssey’, verfilmd door Stanley Kubrik.
Ray Kurzweil is uitvinder van onder meer de ‘Reading Machine for the Blind’ en de Kurzweil Synthesizer.
Over de Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award nog dit:
This award recognizes an individual, a group or an entity that exemplifies the values and accomplishments of Sir Arthur's life. The award honors substantial and enduring contributions that relate the sciences and arts in meeting the challenges of contemporary life and the needs of tomorrow.
To submit a nomination for either award, please send the Foundation a letter. Please indicate whether the nomination is for the "Innovator's Award" or the "Lifetime Achievement Award." The letter should describe in detail the justifications in support of the nomination, and include a curriculum vita for the nominee or the nominees. Each submission should be signed by two nominators.
Nominations are evaluated by an independent selection committee that includes: Takashi Iida, Director General of the Communications Research Lab of Japan; and Conny Kullman, Chairman of Intelsat. The awards are made possible through generous donations from corporations and individuals around the world.:
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