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Technology Academy Finland

TAF awards the biennial Millennium Technology Prize and organizes other technology and youth events. TAF participates actively in global networks within the scientific community, business and governmental organizations.

TAF’s agenda:

Promoting innovations for a better life
Providing a neutral cooperation forum for business, academia and governmental organizations
Encouraging young people to study and choose a career in technology

Millennium Technology Prize

The Millennium Technology Prize is Finland’s tribute to innovations for a better life. The prize is awarded every second year and it is worth one million euros. Nominations for the prize can be made by science academies, universities, research institutes and companies. Candidates are sought from across the world and all fields of technology except for military technology.

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Over the past months, international airports have been trying various methods to detect Covid-19 in travellers. Some of these tests include saliva screenings, temperature checks and nasal swabs…and now a voluntary 10 seconds coronavirus test done by a dog.

Dogs have an incredibly sharp sense of smell and have been used in airports for decades. Researchers in Finland say that using specially trained dogs could prove cheaper, faster and more effective.

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in Germany also found that dogs were able to distinguish saliva samples of people infected with the coronavirus from non-infected samples with a 94% success rate.

Source: The New York Times

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Rated as a modern day Da Vinci by the jury, Adam Yousfi wins the 2020 Millennium Youth Prize with his innovation on water pumps that reduce our carbon dependency. Congratulations!

In the Millennium Youth Prize competition, innovators under the age of 19 take on global sustainable development challenges. The Youth Prize is being run in the same spirit as its older forebear, the international Millennium Technology Prize.

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Millennium Youth Prize: Adam Yousfi wins with his work on water pumps - TAF

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The Millennium Youth Prize was held for the second time this year, and the top prize of EUR 5 000 went to Adam Yousfi from the science and technology stream of Kulosaari General Upper Secondary School. His work on water pumps was a response to the challenge of removing society’s dependence on carb...

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Get to know our new Trophy!
Pekka Jylhä’s Milky Way artwork embodies the spirit of the global Millennium Technology Prize by focusing on the extensive impact of technology and innovation on the well-being of societies and sustainable future. The trophy is made of recycled steel.
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Millennium Technology Prize updated their cover photo.

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3 weeks ago

We are very excited to announce the new trophy for The Millennium Technology Prize!

“Art, science and technology are constantly reshaping society. Sculptor Pekka Jylhä’s Milky Way describes how creativity and open-mindedness give rise to breakthrough innovations that improve the quality of people’s lives,” says Marja Makarow, Chair of the Board at Technology Academy Finland, a foundation awarding the Millennium Technology Prize.

The President of the Republic of Finland will present the new piece of art along with a one million euro prize to the Winner of the Millennium Technology Prize on 18 May 2021.

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When art meets technology – New trophy for The Millennium Technology Prize by sculptor Pekka Jylhä - TAF

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Pekka Jylhä’s Milky Way artwork embodies the spirit of the global Millennium Technology Prize by focusing on the extensive impact of technology and innovation on the well-being of societies and sustainable future. The President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö will present the new piece...

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