Three scientists who won the 2002 Japan Prize expressed hopes Monday that their achievements will be utilized to enhance the welfare of people the world over.
Timothy John Berners-Lee, a British scientist who won his prize for inventing the World Wide Web, said that it is everybody's job to prevent the medium from being controlled by a particular power.
"Keeping the World Wide Web universal, keeping it independent from all the various powers and forces that often try to push it in one particular direction or try to take control of it, is very important," said Berners-Lee during a news conference held in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.