The Nepali earthquake damage mitigation group, National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) has been awarded this year's Tech Museum Award given in the Microsoft Education Award category for its low-tech innovation called the 'shake table'. The technology has been demonstrated in Iran, India, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Japan over the last six years and will be put up at the Tech Museum at Silicon Valley. The Tech Museum Awards honour innovators and visionaries around the world who apply technology to improve human condition in education, equality, environment, health and economic development. This year, more than 580 nominations were received from 80 countries and NSET was selected for the Best of the Best category in technological innovation.