Renamed the European Inventor Awards, the 2010 awards ceremony took place in Madrid, Spain on 28 April 2010. The winners were:
Jürgen Pfitzer and Helmut Nägele (Germany), in the SMEs/research category, who made a breakthrough by developing an easily formable, biodegradable organic polymer.
Albert Markendorf (Switzerland) and Raimund Loser (Germany), in the Industry category, whose portable 3D scanning and measuring system opened up a new level of accuracy in industrial measuring systems and revolutionised the field.
Sanjai Kohli and Steven Chen (USA), in the Non-European countries category (joint winners), whose work paved the way for GPS systems that are used commercially and are a part of our everyday lives.
Ben Wiens and Danny Epps, two Canadians who developed electrochemical fuel cells which are now a commercially successful alternative to fossil fuels, for which they too were honoured in the Non-European countries category (joint winners).
Wolfgang Krätschmer (Germany), who discovered a whole new field of research in physics, for which he was honoured in the Lifetime achievement category.
The ceremony at the Eurostars Tower Hotel was attended by Their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Inventor_of_the_Year
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