Previous winners of the Chicago Innovation Award
Arryx Nanoscopic components for manufacturing
CME Group/Chicago Board of Trade Breakthrough organizational concept for clearing trades
American Cancer Society Patient care information
Orbitz Travel-management for business
NPhase Machine-to-machine communications
Triteq Electro-mechanical lock-and-key system for vending machines
Middleby Marshall Fast-cook pizza oven
Digital Kitchen Commercial video production
Acco Brands Paper-filing system for students
2003
Abbott Laboratories Humira-brand arthritis drug
Archipelago Electronic stock exchange
Argonne National Lab and the University of Chicago Grid computing.
Authentify Authentification tools to foil online theft
CoolSavings Online consumer couponing
Motorola Inc. Canopy wireless broadband technology
Pets Are Worth Savings (PAWS) Non-lethal program to reduce population of unwanted animals
Shure Innovation in consumer earphone technology.
SmartSignal Predictive software for equipment failure
Wilson Sporting Goods Youth batting helmet