Awarding 31 billion technology for 2 scientists

On June 13, 2012, software engineer created the open-source operating system Linus Torvalds (Finland) and stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka (Japan) won the technology prize worth 1.2. in Euro (1.5 million USD, about 31 billion VND). Both were awarded the 2012 Millennium Technology Award in Helsinki, Finland.

For Linus, he is the creator of Linux source code used by millions of people with computers, smartphones and digital video recorders. This achievement of Linus has a great impact on the development of shared software, networks and the expansion of websites.

Shinya Yamanaka and Linus Torvalds

Yamanaka won the award for discovering a new way to develop multi-touch stem cells for medical research such as medical and biotechnology drug testing studies. This method will promise successful tissue transplantation in clinical surgery and anti-inflammatory diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's. Yamanaka has pledged to affirm its determination to develop new drugs as well as medical treatments for difficult-to-treat diseases using iPS cell technology.

The Millennium Technology Award, founded in 2002, is sponsored by the Finnish state and the Finnish Institute of Technology, awarded every two years to honor scientists whose achievements technology development and innovation to enhance life. The award was first awarded in 2004 to Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web.

The latest award was in 2010 for Professor Michael Graetzel (Switzerland), who developed a low-cost solar battery using cheap materials.