Body category

A United Nations report indicates that more than 110 million landmines of various kinds, along with millions of unexploded bombs, shells and grenades, remain hidden around the world. This prosthetic is one response.

Home category

One sixth of the world's population has no access to safe drinking water, increasing their risk of waterborne diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid fever, Hepatitis A and dysentery.

Work category

During the July 2005 London Underground bombings, emergency workers battled to reach unconscious victims fast: Casualty and trauma victims’ tongues can block their airways for critical minutes before help arrives. The Tongue Sucker is the response.

Play category

At a time where climate changes and energy crises calls for new solutions to personal transportation, electrical cars still look like they have been designed by people who hates cars. But not the INDEX:Award winning Tesla Roadster.

Community category

The XO computer is rugged, simple, low-power and made to reach as many schoolkids as possible. As many as 1.5 million children may have one by summer 2009, chairman Nicholas Negroponte tells the press.

People's choice award category

The People's Choice Award is presented on the basis of votes cast by the audience of INDEX:Award Exhibition and the readers of the Danish newspaper Politiken.