Editing Millennium Technology Prize (section)

{{short description|Finnish technology prize}}
{{Infobox award
| name = The Millennium Technology Prize
| image = Millennium Technology Prize logo.gif
| alt =
| awarded_for = Life-enhancing technological innovation
| presenter = [[Technology Academy Finland]]
| country = [[Finland]]
| year = 2004
| reward = €1 million
| website = {{URL|https://millenniumprize.org/}}
}}
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The '''Millennium Technology Prize''' ({{langx|fi|Millennium-teknologiapalkinto}}) is one of the world's largest technology prizes.<ref name="nytimes-2004">{{cite news |last=Shannon |first=Victoria |date=June 14, 2004 |title=Pioneer Who Kept the Web Free Honored With a Technology Prize |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/technology/14web.html |quote=Mr. Berners-Lee will finally be recognized, with the award of the world's largest technology prize, the Millennium Technology Prize from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation |accessdate=April 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbc-2006">{{cite news |date=September 8, 2006 |title=Top prize for 'light' inventor |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5328446.stm |quote=The Millennium Technology Prize is the world's largest technology award, equivalent to the Nobel Prizes for science |accessdate=April 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="hs-2006">{{cite news|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Shuji+Nakamura+inventor+of+bright+LED+lights+gets+Millennium+Prize/1135220318889|title=Shuji Nakamura, inventor of bright LED lights, gets Millennium Prize|work=Helsingin Sanomat|quote=It is the world’s largest prize for technology|date=June 16, 2006|accessdate=April 10, 2014}}</ref> It is awarded once every two years by [[Technology Academy Finland]], an independent foundation established by Finnish industries, academic institutions, and the [[Finland|state of Finland]]. The patron of the prize is the [[President of Finland]]. The Millennium Technology Prize is Finland's tribute to [[innovation]]s for a better life. The aims of the prize are to promote technological research and Finland as a [[high tech|high-tech]] Nordic [[welfare state]]. The prize was inaugurated in 2004.<ref name="bbc-2006"/>