2014 Edison Achievement Award Winner
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been selected as one of two 2014 Edison Achievement Award Winners. Elon Musk is the visionary behind some of the most game-changing companies in the world including PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX. During his leadership at Tesla Motors, he has overseen product  development and design from the beginning, including the all-electric Tesla Roadster, Model S and Model X. Elon is also the chief designer and CEO of SpaceX, overseeing the development of the Falcon family of rockets and Dragon spacecraft, for missions to Earth orbit and ultimately to other planets.
Every year, the Edison Awards honors and celebrates one or more individuals who have distinguished themselves by making a significant and lasting contribution to the world of innovation.The Edison Achievement Award is bestowed among the corporate elite serving as an inspiration to future business leaders and innovators. More
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Teen & MakerBot make New Hand for Boy
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Born without fingers, nine-year-old Matthew can now high-five with the cool "Robohand" that teenager Mason Wilde created for him on a 2013 Edison Gold Award MakerBot® printer. Wilde printed the hand using MakerWare software at the Johnson County Library's maker space in Overland Park, Kansas. Wilde describes the process as Matthew demonstrates his new hand in this video. Matthew's thoughts about the new technology: "It - is - the future." More
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Lenovo buys Motorola Handset Division
Lenovo Group purchased the Motorola handset division from Google, Inc. for $2.91 billion in China's largest-ever technology transaction. The deal which dominated the news in the highly
competitive U.S. handset market followed a second major announcement that Lenovo would also buy IBM's low-end server business for $2.3 billion. More
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Edison Award recipient on Science Channel
Executive producer Morgan Freeman and one of the greatest minds of our generation, Stephen Hawking, presented a controversial and groundbreaking new special Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking featuring 2013 Edison Bronze Award recipient CellHealth Institute™ (CHI). The show will re-air in a few weeks on the Science Channel. CellHealth Institute is a biotech company committed to empowering people to lead healthier lives. In service of its mission to help people take control of their health at the fundamental cell level, the company focuses on combined cellular health products such as healthycell, along with its innovative cell health services and holistic lifestyle education.
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Showcased Nominee of the Week
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 Edison Awards, we will be featuring some of our outstanding Nominees in this space. You can view our Nominee Showcase here.
Acosta Sales & Marketing is the dominant grocery sales agency in the U.S. and Canada, representing more than 60 percent of the No. 1 and 2 brands in most grocery stores. Acosta's Believe in Heroes program raises millions of dollars to help the Wounded Warrior Project assist veterans and increase awareness of the challenges they face, in addition to driving value for consumers and sales for retailers and brands that support this campaign. What started out as Acosta's simple mission of "doing the right thing" led to a unified corporate culture where 30,000+ employees rallied behind a single cause to show their support and appreciation for veterans in a simple, everyday way --grocery shopping. The collaboration of 56 brands and 93 retail banners generated $5.7 million last year for veteran programs.
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Edison Awards Sponsor
Edison Awards is honored to welcome Ipsos as a 2014 sponsor. Ipsos is an innovative, entrepreneurial, client-focused organization, providing research services to clients on a global basis.
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Judges are Voting . . .
Past Edison Award Winners: Email for voting link!
The Official Ballot of nominations for the 2014 Edison Awards has been sent to our distinguished panel of judges consisting of more than 3,000 senior business executives, academics and past Edison Award recipients.  Voting ends on Sunday, February 9 at 11:59 PM PST. Winners will be announced and celebrated at the Edison Awards Event in San Francisco on April 29-30.
If you are a past Edison Awards winner and have not received the ballot, send an email to info@edisonawards.com including the product for which you won an award, and the ballot will be emailed to you.
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Follow us on Twitter, and set your calendar for every Thursday at 3:00 pm CDT, when Edison Awards will host an online Innovation Chat. Next chat's topic on Feb. 6 is "Impact on Innovation."
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New Speaking and Sponsorship Opportunities
Consider some of the new speaking and sponsorship opportunities  available for the 2014 Edison Awards. Our event will take place on April 29 and 30, 2014 in San Francisco, where we'll host hundreds of influential innovators, marketers and corporate executives. You'll get outstanding visibility, recognition and value. For more information, contact Frank Bonafilia at Fbonafilia@edisonawards.com
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