Tesla wins award.

Tesla wins INDEX prize.

"The INDEX prize, which is given out in five $136,000 categories, also awarded an inexpensive laptop designed for children in the developing world and a water purification bottle.

The award, which is funded by private and public companies in Denmark, was first given out in 2005 "to celebrate design that not only looks good but also improves lives of people all over the world," said Kigge Hviid, manager of the award foundation."

Winners were: Swiss team behind the "XO" portable computer, the "Tongue Sucker," a first-aid device that could be used to open the airways of an unconscious person by sucking the tongue from the back of the mouth, a prosthetic foot that was designed for land mine victims, and could be produced for as little as $8 in developing countries using local materials, the "Solar Bottle," which disinfects water with the help of sunlight and the Tesla Roadster electric sports car made by California-based Tesla Motors.