The Honda Foundation has selected Carnegie Mellon University's Raj Reddy, former dean of the School of Computer Science and founding head of the Robotics Institute, as winner of the 2005 Honda Prize.

The prize, which includes a medal and a cash award of approximately $89,000, recognizes Reddy's contributions to "Eco-Technology," the concept that technology should be in harmony with human activities and environments. It also honors him for achievements in computer science and his role as an educator.

In recent years, Reddy has worked to improve the lives of some of the world's poorest people through the Million Book Project, which has the goal of making one million books available online, and the PCtvt, a personal computer/television/telephone designed for use in the Third World.

Reddy will deliver a one-hour memorial speech when he accepts the award Nov. 25 in Tokyo.