David Rich, Accenture, Economic Development Ambassador,
presenting trophy to Karen Piegorsch, Synergo
Synergo LLC was named
a 2006 Tech Laureate for
the Accenture Economic
Development Award, for
designing the Synergo™
Weaving Bench, and
delivering it with education
to help Mayan women use
the technology to empower
their economic wellbeing
and quality of life.
A video of this project
was shown during the
Tech Awards Gala in
San Jose, California on
November 15, 2006.
The 2006 Tech Laureates
Awards
"The Tech Museum Awards is an international
awards program that honors innovators from
around the world who are applying technology
to benefit humanity."
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2006 Tech Award
2007 User Centered Design Award
Synergo LLC was named co-winner of the 6th
Annual User-Centered Design Award by the
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society's Product
Design Technical Group in October.
The User Centered Design Award is "an
annual product design competition for
innovative and user-centered approaches to
human factors and industrial design. The
winning product is selected based upon
functional obviousness, ease of operation, and
creativity."
Stan Caplan, Award
Co-coordinator,
presenting trophy to
Karen Piegorsch,
representing
Synergo's design
team for the  
Synergo™ Weaving
Bench for backstrap
weavers
Co-winner Hugh McLoone
(left), representing
Microsoft Corporation's
design team for the
Natural Ergonomic
Keyboard 4000.
This award demonstrates that ergonomics
principles can be universally applied.