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Seeing how this prize, named after the "Father of Swedish engineering", dates back to the 1800's, and is thus older than the Nobel prize, it has typically rewar
by estomagordo 9y ago
Seeing how this prize, named after the "Father of Swedish engineering", dates back to the 1800's, and is thus older than the Nobel prize, it has typically rewarded engineers from the classical engineering fields.
As such, it's very nice to see a feat almost exclusively carried out in the digital world of software get rewarded, and put right next to accomplishments in construction, metallurgy, etc.
Among notable earlier recipients with a tech connection (technnection?) stands Håkan Lans:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Lans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Lans
- lwansbrough 9y ago> tech connection (technnection?) I’d call that a portman-nooo. But thanks for that bit of context to the award. Made me appreciate it more coming from the the industry that created “the webbys” (sorry webbys.)
- alexkadis 9y agoThe list (Swedish) of winners: http://www.polhemspriset.se/lar-kanna-alla-pristagare/ http://www.polhemspriset.se/lar-kanna-alla-pristagare/ The Google Translation is easy to read (I have no idea how accurate it is though): https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polhemspriset.se%2Flar-kanna-alla-pristagare%2F&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...