Google Names Five Winners Of Project 10^100, Awards $10 Million Total

I'm so thrilled that Carl Malamud/Law.gov got $1 million. His tireless devotion to using technology to shine sunlight on the government over the past 20(!) years literally has changed the way interact with our government. (ex. his skunkworks project turned into SEC EDGAR, the database of all SEC filings that's sliceable and diceable) It's a goddamn shame he has to live on a shoestring personal budget.

EDIT: If you'd like to donate, go to http://public.resource.org and scroll down to the PayPal Donate button. I just gave another $100.

Glad to hear that the Khan Academy was awarded $2m! Completely well-deserved imo.

Having personally used it to brush up on my calculus and differential equation skills, I have to agree that it's money well deserved. Google is saying that the $2m will go towards translating the core videos into other languages, which I think is an excellent move. If this can help students in English speaking countries, why not others?

Glad to see FIRST on that list. That organization is largely responsible for my (and many of my friends') interest in engineering and product development.

Related discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1724070