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2000 Technologies Of The Year

Each December since 1993 IndustryWeek's Technology and Innovation Awards Program celebrates the primary drivers of the world's economic progress -- innovators and technologies. The awards are given in the spirit of Josef Schumpeter, the distinguished Harvard economist and social theorist who posited more than 50 years ago that the mission of both organizations and societies should be to accelerate the pace of innovation.

Read about the 2000 IndustryWeek's Technologies of the Year

Flexible Transistors
IBM Corp. has a new twist on semiconductors.

Polylactide Polymers
Cargill Dow's new plastics and fibers made from corn help the environment.

Bluetooth
Ericsson helps create a world without wires.

Procision Structural Analysis Software
To speed up product development, Procision Analysis Inc. integrates design and analysis.

Organic Light Emitting Diode
A new display technology from Eastman Kodak Co. rewrites performance and cost attributes of flat panels.