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" It&amp;#039;s been 35 years since the German economist E.F. Schumacher conceived the term &amp;quot;appropriate technology&amp;quot; to explain his assertion that grand solutions may fail to improve the daily lives of those they intend to benefit--particularly in the developing world. As leaders in the burgeoning field, like MIT&amp;#039;s Amy Smith and the Full Belly Project&amp;#039;s Jock Brandis, have discovered, simpler innovations can often go further, and on the cheap at that. But they&amp;#039;re not the only high-tech minds implementing low-tech fixes. This week at the IdeaFestival in Louisville, the University of Kentucky&amp;#039;s School of Design will bestow its inaugural Curry Stone Design prize, which will honor &amp;quot;breakthrough design solutions that have the power and potential to improve our world.&amp;quot; The winner will receive $100,000, and the nomination itself confers $10,000. Here are the recently announced design wizards, including one 2007 PM Breakthrough Award Winner, vying for the top award.   The Idea /// The Idea /// The Idea /// The Idea /// The Idea /// Human World | The Innovator /// Antonio Scarponi  How It Works /// After witnessing the protests of the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa, the Italian architect Antonio Scarponi set about changing the way globalization is understood and depicted graphically, setting aside geographic boundaries and instead focusing on the populations within them. The result, Human World, is a collection of themed maps that address issues symbolically. A nation&amp;#039;s size on the map might indicate the country&amp;#039;s population, its access to the Internet or its use of capital punishment.  Why It Matters /// Scarponi&amp;#039;s Human World renderings are intended as a sort of graphic report card, in atlas form, on the human race. They show areas where political and ethical progress has been made, and those where there is still work to be done. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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