Meet Fred Giovannitti, whose ability to tease designs out of people's brains proves useful in two very different pursuits: tattoo artistry and environmental engineering.READ»
The X Prize Foundation is known for spurring innovative solutions to big problems with cash prizes. So far, the foundation has taken on everything from space ships to efficient automobiles. Now the X Prize Foundation is examining ideas for a neuroscience prize.READ»
Challenge.gov is all well and good, with big cash prizes for innovation, but we've seen a lot of this sort of thing before. Is this the best that America's CIO can come up with?READ»
The X Prize Foundation first announced plans for a million dollar oil spill X Challenge last month. Today, the foundation revealed the details of the $1.4 million Oil Cleanup X Challenge, which asks entrants to clean up the Gulf oil ...READ»
Have an innovative solution to clean up the BP oil disaster in the Gulf? Now's your chance to be heard--and make some money in the process. At the TEDxOilSpill conference this morning, Francis Beland, VP, Prize Development at the X ...READ»
Fact: vehicle accidents kill more 15 to 25 year-olds worldwide than anything else. But would that still be the case if we replaced our hulking 1,000 pound steel cars with 300 pound foam vehicles? Spira, an entrant in the Progressive ...READ»
Think you've got what it takes to solve the global energy crisis? Consider entering the Global Cleantech Open Ideas Competition, a challenge to entrepreneurs and anyone else with good ideas for developing technologies, products, ...READ»
At some point recently, a group of world leaders must have gotten together and decided that the best way to save our planet was through prizes. Hence we have the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, the Financial Times Climate Change ...READ»
The X PRIZE Foundation, a nonprofit with the motto "Revolution through Competition," has sponsored contests in the past for space travel innovation, DNA research, and efficient cars. But the organization's newest challenge ...READ»
Tesla, Aptera, and Tata Motors announced their intentions to compete for the Automotive X PRIZE long ago, but now the Foundation that awards the prize has released the full list of 111 registrants (pdf, right click to save) for the ...READ»
In a speech today at Fresno State University, John McCain proposed a $300 million government prize for the development of an alternative car battery. He called for a more efficient and affordable battery than those currently powering ...READ»
