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Friday, May 22
X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Targets Breakthroughs With More ...
MA It has been almost five years since a team of aerospace entrepreneurs funded by a software billionaire claimed the Ansari X Prize, the $10 million prize competition to develop the first reusable private spacecraft. Since then, the frustrated space ...
Thursday, May 7
Qualcomm Launches QPrize Competition
MA - Juha-Pekka Tikka, Bruce V. Bigelow One of the most-notable success stories was a series of prizes established by the British government in 1714 for a method that could precisely calculate the longitude of a ship at sea. The X Prize, which was created in 1996 and awarded in 2004, ...
Tuesday, Apr 28
Prize Capital Moves Closer to Creating $10 Million Algae Fuel Prize
In announcing the algae fuel prize, Stein cited the historic success of prize competitions, including Charles Lindbergh's first flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The X Prize was claimed in 2004 by acclaimed aerospace ...
Wednesday, Apr 22
TopCoder—Crowdsourcing Software Long Before Crowdsourcing Got Cool
MA - Wade Roush Can competitions and prizes get you to the Moon? Google thinks so—it's backing the $30 million Lunar X Prize, which will be awarded to the first privately funded team that sends a remote-controlled robot to the Moon, drives it 500 meters, and collects ...
Wednesday, Jan 14
SpaceShipOne Replica Arrives at Paul Allen’s Hangar
Space Com MA - SpaceShipOne was funded by Allen and received the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004 as the first low-cost, civilian, manned spacecraft launched into ... Latest Mock SpaceShipOne Soars Above Sponsor's Museum Space Com all 3 news articles
Wednesday, Nov 19
Carlsbad’s Aptera to Compete for $10 Million Automotive X Prize
MA - Nov 19, 2008 Twenty-two teams of aspiring automakers, including Carlsbad-based Aptera, have registered so far to compete for $10 million in prizes offered as part of a ... Kinetic Vehicles, Western Washington University Set to Compete for ... Xconomy all 2 news articles
Kinetic Vehicles, Western Washington University Set to Compete for ...
The Automotive X Prize in Los Angeles announced today it has chosen its first 22 teams to compete for $10 million in prizes that will be awarded for developing.
Monday, Nov 17
MIT Sloan School Student One of Three Finalists in “Crazy Green ...
The X Prize Foundation, of course, is famous for its huge prizes that address key technology and innovation challenges. In 2004, a Burt Rutan-led team financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen won the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for ...
