The winners of the biennial INDEX : Award Awards were announced below . CNN.com readers voted for the People 's Choice Award , which was won by Smart ##y . The $ 25 Pi was originally designed to teach coding skills to children , but has already found an incredible range of applications : from flying into space and snapping sky-high photographs , to controlling the temperature of a craft brewery . The â‚¬500,000 ‚ is the biggest in history , with 100 people sharing the prize .
The winners of the biennial INDEX : Award Awards were announced below . CNN.com readers voted for the People 's Choice Award , which was won by Smart ##y . The â‚¬500,000 ‚ is the biggest in history , with 100 people sharing the prize .