The IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award will be presented to the technology chosen from our five winners as having the most promising potential to provide the greatest overall benefit to humankind. We will present the award, along with the IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award, at the EE Times Ace Awards event during the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose this April. IEEE Spectrum is the association media sponsor for the Ace Awards.

To vote for this award winner, see the poll at the bottom of this page.

But don't stop voting there! We've narrowed out list of Winners for this issue down to five. Now it's your turn to pick. Vote for the overall winning technology here: Winner Take All.

The IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award will be presented to the technology chosen from our five winners as having the most promising potential to provide the greatest financial return from broad commercial application. To vote for this award winner, click here: IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award

For your convenience, links to each of the five winners are provided below, and on each of the award voting pages.

Winner: Solving the Oil Equation

Winner: The Ultimate Dielectric Is...Nothing

Winner: Make Your Very Own Virtual World with OLIVE

Winner: Sprint's Broadband Gamble

Winner: Restoring Coal's Sheen