Awarding the 'Nobel Prize for technology' to Internet inventors

The British Government initiated the Queen of Technology Award (QE), which is likened to the Nobel Prize in order to uphold innovation achievements in technology.

The pioneers of Internet inventions have officially become the first to receive the Queen Elizabeth Technology Award (QE Prize).

Photo: Engineer Tim Berners-Lee took a picture at CERN with a NeXT computer that helped
He invented the protocol for connecting the global WWW website. (Source: CERN)

These people are Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis Pouzin and Marc Andreessen. The five engineers began work on the creation of a famous global computer site from the 1970s.

They were rewarded with a £ 1 million check with a tremendous contribution to the media revolution that took place in recent decades.

In particular, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf and Louis Pouzin contributed to the protocols that make up the basic structure of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee created a protocol to link the World Wide Web (WWW) at the Research Center. European nuclear rescue (CERN) in 1989, while Marc Andreessen wrote the Mosaic web browser to help broaden the global network protocol WWW.

Photo: Lord Lord Browne (left) with Robert Kahn (middle) and
Louis Pouzin (right) in the QE Prize announcement. (Source: BBC)

In general, the Queen Elizabeth Award for Technology aims to recognize those who have made meritorious contributions to technological innovation to bring global benefits to people. This prize is considered to be equivalent to the Nobel Prize, set to promote outstanding creative achievements in the field of technology.

The announcement was announced at the Royal Academy of Technology yesterday, March 18, 2013. Bob Kahn and Louis Pouzin came to the podium to receive the award decision.

By June, the winners will go to London to officially receive the reward from the hands of the Queen of England.