One of my projects won one of these. It was for standardising widescreen switching signals, in the early 2000s that was a big issue because each company had a

One of my projects won one of these. It was for standardising widescreen switching signals, in the early 2000s that was a big issue because each company had a different interpretation of what the flags meant. Thus when you were watching TV you would often get the wrong behaviour and distorted pictures. A small group of us sat down and agreed what the proper behaviour should be. Then every other TV standards body in the world adopted it. I never did get a statue.