<Li> In 1990, Kurzweil was voted Engineer of the Year by the over one million readers of Design News Magazine and received their third annual Technology Achievement Award . </Li> <Li> The 1994 Dickson Prize in Science . One is awarded every year by Carnegie Mellon University to individuals who have "notably advanced the field of science ." Both a medal and a $50,000 prize are presented to winners . </Li> <Li> The 1998 "Inventor of the Year" award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . </Li> <Li> The 1999 National Medal of Technology . This is the highest award the President of the United States can bestow upon individuals and groups for pioneering new technologies, and the President dispenses the award at his discretion . Bill Clinton presented Kurzweil with the National Medal of Technology during a White House ceremony in recognition of Kurzweil's development of computer - based technologies to help the disabled . </Li>

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