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“BioDesign Studio is an experience like no other. This is a space where visitors of all ages can gain a deep understanding of their own power to use synthetic biology to solve big problems, like food security and climate change. We’ll be inspiring the next generation of biotech innovators.”
Tim Ritchie, president and CEO of The Tech.
“You won’t find an experience like Cyber Detectives anywhere in the world”
Tim Ritchie
Compelled by need, fueled by creativity, executed by competence: The innovations of The Tech Awards 2014 laureates give us hope that we can solve the problems we face. We are inspired not only by the laureates’ work, but by their lives as well.
Tim Ritchie, president of The Tech
The commitment and creativity of this year’s laureates show great promise for a brighter future. Their innovative use of technology combined with unrelenting passion and determination help overcome the challenges before us and create solutions for a better world.
Mike Splinter, Executive Chairman of Applied Materials
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Bay Area’s DIYBio community celebrates BioDesign Studio exhibit at The Tech

Creative Collisions: Bio + Hacking event Tuesday, April 12, shows off new bioengineering exhibit at The Tech Museum of InnovationSan Jose, CA. Monday, April 11, 2016 — Members of the Bay Area’s DIY biology community will gather with the public tomorrow night for an event celebrating The Tech Museum of Innovation’s new interactive bioengineering exhibit, BioDesign Studio. The event, Creative Collisions: Bio + Hacking, will give adults an opportunity to explore the exhibit alongside members of the DIY bio movement, who will share some of their latest projects and ways biology is being used as

The Tech Hosts Second Year of Google Field Trips for Thousands of Bay Area Students

San Jose, CA. March 23, 2016 — Nearly 3,000 students visited The Tech Museum of Innovation in March as part of Google Field Trip Days, which culminated today with more than 700 students from underserved communities visiting the museum for hands-on science labs, IMAX films and inspiration. This is the second year the Mountain View company has covered the cost of field trips to The Tech for students from schools in low-income neighborhoods. Google’s grant pays for transportation, museum admission, a science lab, an IMAX film and lunch for students whose schools otherwise might not be able

The Tech Museum of Innovation Opens First Interactive Bioengineering Exhibit This Week

BioDesign Studio, opening March 18, includes first museum biotinkering lab and open-ended exploration of DNA.San Jose, Calif., March 14, 2016 — The Tech Museum of Innovation will empower visitors to play, tinker and design with the building blocks of life in BioDesign Studio, a new exhibit opening Friday, March 18. The exhibit will feature the nation’s first community biotinkering space and an interactive exploration of how biology is technology. “BioDesign Studio is an experience like no other,” said Tim Ritchie, president and CEO of The Tech. “This is a space where visitors of all ages

The Tech Museum of Innovation announces partnership with the Sharks Foundation and SAP

Four-year program will give more low-income students access to sports-themed STEM education activities.March 4, 2016, San Jose, Calif.-- The Sharks Foundation and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) are teaming up with The Tech Museum of Innovation to bring STEM education to more low-income students. The four-year partnership will kick off in March with Sharks and SAP Field Trip Days, when thousands of students from Title I schools will spend a day enjoying The Tech’s interactive exhibits and hands-on science lab. Sharks players are expected to be on hand for the field trips, the first of which will be

The Tech Challenge 2016, presented by EMC, on Track to have Biggest Year Yet

San Jose, CA., February, 23, 2016 – The Tech Museum of Innovation announced today that registration is at a record high for the 29th annual The Tech Challenge, with more than 622 teams already registered – over 100 more than were registered at this time last year. Each team is typically comprised of four students. Registration closes on March 31, 2016. The Tech Challenge is the signature program of The Tech, designed to inspire the next generation of Silicon Valley innovators by introducing and reinforcing the engineering design process with a hands-on project geared to solving a real-

Innovations in Health Care opens at The Tech Museum of Innovation

New exhibit lets visitors explore how tech can improve health careSan Jose, Calif. Life-saving technology and the creative thinking behind it are the focus of Innovations in Healthcare, presented by El Camino Hospital, a new exhibit at The Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose. The exhibit invites guests to explore an array of medical technologies, many of which stemmed from unlikely sources of inspiration or were created by inventors outside of relevant fields. One such device, the Embrace Warmer, was developed by Stanford students looking to increase survival rates of low-

Tech Awards Honors International Innovators Using Technology to Solve Pressing Global Problems

Embrace wins second Laureate Impact Award for low-cost infant warmer; 10 new laureates named in program’s 15th yearSeptember 15, 2015, San Jose, Calif.-- The Tech Museum of Innovation announced today that Oakland-based Embrace  — the 2012 Tech Awards laureate that makes a low-cost infant warmer used by more than 150,000 premature babies worldwide — has been named the second recipient of the Laureate Impact Award sponsored by PayPal. The award honors past Tech Awards  laureates who have demonstrated significant progress toward

Philanthropic Power Couple John and Tashia Morgridge To Receive 2015 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award at The Tech Awards

July 30, 2015, San Jose, Calif. — The Tech Museum of Innovation announced today that John and Tashia Morgridge — who intend to give away most of their wealth to education, conservation and medical research causes — have been named the 12th recipients of the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award . Sponsored by Applied Materials, this award honors individuals whose broad vision and leadership address the world’s most challenging problems. John P. Morgridge joined Cisco Systems as President and CEO in 1998. Two years later he took the company public,

Cyber Detectives, nation’s first interactive exhibit on Cyber Security, opens at The Tech Museum of Innovation

Exhibit lets visitors play the role of a cyber security proThe nation’s first interactive exhibition about Cyber Security will open at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose next week. Cyber Detectives, presented by Palo Alto Networks, is aimed at empowering visitors with the tools to stay safe in a digital age. Visitors will learn how to crack codes, spot scams and prevent crime like a cyber security pro by solving puzzles and completing missions. “You won’t find an experience like Cyber Detectives anywhere in the world,” said Tim Ritchie, President and CEO of The Tech. “Our exhibits

The Tech Museum of Innovation Opens New Permanent Exhibition, Body Metrics

Explore the Digital You in Latest Exhibit Focused on the Intersection of Technology and WellnessSAN JOSE, CA — The Tech Museum of Innovation on Wednesday will open a new permanent exhibition, Body Metrics, presented by Kaiser Permanente. The Tech will host a media preview on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m., and the exhibition will be open to the public beginning Thursday, Oct. 30. Body Metrics invites people to learn about their physical, social, and emotional health, and how they are affected by environment, behavior, movement, and interactions with others. Visitors will be outfitted

The Tech awarded $149,710 grant to foster design thinking, innovation

SAN JOSE, CA – The Tech Museum of Innovation has won a prestigious national grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The $149,710 grant will be used to create several “Design Process Areas” throughout the museum’s galleries. These additions are creative spaces packed with tools that nurture design thinking.The IMLS funds will support The Tech’s goal to advance the institution through experiential learning by introducing visitors to new technologies and ways of thinking about everyday problems. As part of The Tech’s plan to revitalize and remake exhibit experiences,

International innovators to be honored at The Tech Awards for applying technology to benefit humanity

Philanthropist and media mogul Ted Turner to accept Global Humanitarian Award at annual November galaSAN JOSE, CA – Nearly 23 million infants worldwide go without immunizations every year, and close to 2 million people die from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccines are temperature sensitive and most need to be refrigerated, stored, and transported, making deployment to rural areas difficult and expensive. Children in the world’s poorest communities are the most deeply affected by the lack of access to vaccines.  Meet Nanoly – a team of young scientists from the University of Colorado

Ready, Set, Action!

The Tech Challenge program featured in Bright Lights Award video from Noyce Foundation; seven institutions recognized as award winnersSAN JOSE, CA – For 27 years, The Tech Challenge, a signature program of The Tech, has inspired creativity and equipped students with hands-on experiences in engineering design and real-world problem solving. In recognition of the museum's continued efforts in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the Noyce Foundation awarded the annual design and engineering program with a Bright Lights Community Engagement Award. Next year The Tech Challenge

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