The competition for EDN's 17th Annual Innovation Awards was fierce again this year. The contest drew contenders that ran the electronics-industry gamut—from digital technologies, to mixed-signal products, to processors and controllers.

As always, EDN strives to recognize and honor the industry's most innovative technical advancements as well as the designers behind those innovations. These are the advances that touch every aspect of the way people live and work around the globe.

Moreover, EDN, through its awards program, endeavors to foster the growth of engineering careers and the future of electronics through an annual contribution to engineering education. EDN awards this contribution to the Innovator of the Year, who, in turn, can donate it to the engineering school of his or her choice.

The 17th annual awards, like last year, took place at the 4th Street Summit Center in San Jose, CA, and helped kick off the busy Embedded Systems Conference week. At the April 2 shindig, EDN introduced some of its own innovations to the evening's program, including its new publisher, Alan Robinson, and the award-winning comedy and wizardry of Master of Ceremonies Bill Herz. Innovation winners took home (or at least back to the office) statuettes for 15 product and technology categories as well as for 2006's Best Contributed Article and Innovator of the Year.

To learn about the winners and the rest of the finalists, visit the 17th Annual Innovation Awards page.

EDN congratulates all the winners! For general information about our Innovation program, please visit www.edn.com/innovation.