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Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize

13 Jan 2010 08:03:00 PST

Written by Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Automotive X-Prize, Racing Gallery: Detroit 2010: Zap Alias Photos by Sebastian Blanco / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. Source: Automotive X Prize]Continue reading Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize

Original story at Autoblog .

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Detroit Preview: HP2g Revenge Verde Super Car

05 Jan 2010 14:58:00 PST

Written by Sebastian Blanco
Fast forward a year and things haven't turned out quite as well as Pelmear may have hoped. In June, he and his team acrimoniously dropped out of the X Prize. The HP2g Mustang still made a few appearances, but the company's next vehicle - the Revenge Verde Super Car - was supposed to be at the LA Au...

Original story at Autoblog .

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Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge

29 Dec 2009 10:01:00 PST

Written by Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Automotive X-Prize Source: Spokesman-Review]Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tango remains in high-stakes dance

26 Dec 2009 00:01:09 PST

One X Prize has been awarded for a spaceship design, and competitions are under way for a lunar robot, rapid genome sequencing and highly fuel-efficient ... and more »

Original story at The Spokesman Review .

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Reporter's Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations

16 Dec 2009 21:04:33 PST

Ultimately, the decision about which, if any, of these proposals will be launched as X-Prize competitions rests with the X-Prize Foundation itself. ... and more »

Original story at MIT Campus News .

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Robots race to the Moon

16 Dec 2009 03:29:06 PST

Teams from around the world are gearing for the Google Lunar X Prize, a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the ... news.yahoo.com

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X Prize Foundation news and blogs - February 26, 2010

26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit X Prize Foundation news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Guest opinion: Knowledge comes to Southwest Florida in solutions conference -- from The News-Press
• Centennial Challenges, Spaceport Infrastructure Grants, and Suborbital Science ... - Space Ref -- from press release
• NASA in need of a major overhaul -- from Houston Chronicle
• World's First Commercial Spaceship Revealed - AOL Autos -- from blog
• Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade -- by Lauren Davis from Gizmodo: top
• How to spur energy storage innovations -- from PhysOrg.com
• British billionaire unveils tourist spacecraft -- from Windsor Star
• lunatrex name now defunct -- from Anderson Herald Bulletin
• Millions at stake in lunar challenge -- from RussiaToday
• REPORT: Tesla goes from competitor to demonstrator in Automotive X Prize -- by Sebastian Blanco from Autoblog Green

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The X PRIZE Foundation Announces First Asia-Based Contender for Genome Sequencing Prize

16 Nov 2009 16:05:00 PST

Written by Michael Timmons
The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured world headlines when Burt Rutan, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, built and flew the world’s fir...

Original story at xprize.org .

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Scientists Confirm Water on Moon

14 Nov 2009 01:35:38 PST

of the cosmos," said Peter Diamandis, CEO and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, which is running a $30 million contest for private moon rovers. ... and more »

Original story at The Money Times .

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Singularity University, Day Two: Peter Diamandis Thinks Big

09 Nov 2009 06:34:35 PST

If the larger aim is to diversify humanity's habitats in the universe, then a first logical step is the Ansari X-Prize for private space flight. ... and more »

Original story at Wired News .

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Receive up to $5.5 Million in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy

01 Nov 2009 16:31:29 PST

Original story at xprize.org . Related stories include: Auto X Prize wins $5.5 million from DOE for its own prize-giving contest - Autoblog

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Announces Teams Qualified to Compete for $10 Million/Launches National Student Contest

19 Oct 2009 00:36:37 PDT

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The Day Commercial Spaceflight Took Off: October 4 Marks Fifth Anniversary of $10 Million Ansari X PRIZE

02 Oct 2009 09:43:04 PDT

Written by Michael Timmons
10 MILLION ANSARI X PRIZE X PRIZE Foundation Leads the Field in Prize Competitions and Radical Breakthroughs for the Benefit of Humanity The X PRIZE Foundation continues to further explore future competitions through its prize development. Prize concepts include:

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2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Competition Attempts Scheduled

25 Aug 2009 16:08:02 PDT

Written by Michael Timmons
The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured the world’s attention when the Burt Rutan-led team, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, built and f...

Original story at xprize.org . Related stories include: Masten Space Systems Successfully Launches Rocket to Qualify for Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge - xprize.org , Armadillo Aerospace Makes Record-Breaking Rocket Flights to Qualify for $1 Million NASA PRIZE Presented by X PRIZE Foundation - xprize.org and ... Press Releases

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West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO]

14 Jul 2009 15:50:00 PDT

Written by Sebastian Blanco
The hybrid Attack burns biodiesel and gets about 60 mpg, according to 16-year-old Sowande in the video. That leaves 40 mpg to go to reach the AXP's 100 mpg target, but this is still an impressive effort from high school students. Learn more about the car here.

Original story at AutoblogGreen .

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T3 Motion introduces three-wheeled CT3 personal commuter, plans to enter Auto X Prize

01 Jul 2009 12:05:00 PDT

Written by Jeremy Korzeniewski
At this time, the vehicle exists only in rendered form (pay close attention to the wheels and tires in the above image), but T3 plans to enter a special CT-S version of the machine in the Auto X Prize that will reportedly be capable of 80 miles per hour and an equivalent mpg rating of over 100 mi...

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Review: The New Moon Race

08 Jun 2009 09:48:15 PDT

MD Private missions to the Moon, including Space Adventures' proposal for a Soyuz circumlunar flight and the Google Lunar X PRIZE, are also discussed. Perhaps the biggest area of interest, and speculation, in the book is the discussion of Chinese human ...

Original story at The Space Review .

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HP2G acrimoniously drops out of Auto X Prize

05 Jun 2009 12:26:00 PDT

Written by Sebastian Blanco
Yesterday, Horse Power Sales issued a statement (read it after the jump) that said they had "officially withdrawn their team and their 1987 Mustang, powered by the revolutionary, 110MPG, V-8, HP2g engine, from the upcoming Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Competition, effective June...

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Dirigo three-wheeler now up to 99 mpg, wood panels look good

23 May 2009 14:01:00 PDT

Written by Sebastian Blanco
One of the cars participating in the One Gallon Challenge is the Dirigo three wheeler. Built by Bill Buchholz, the Dirigo is right now tantalizingly close to the 100 mpg goal of the One Gallon Challenge (and the Automotive X Prize, of course). Buchholz had the following to say about his car:

Original story at AutoblogGreen .

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X-Prize entrant exhibits eRev at Epic Expo, earns 275 MPGe

15 May 2009 11:33:00 PDT

Written by Domenick Yoney
Vancouver just played host to the Epic Expo, an exposition centered around sustainable living, and one of the exhibitors there might be familiar to dedicated AutoblogGreen readers. Last year in New York, we introduced you to the alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies which, at the time, was good...

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MIT Enterprise Forum of Phoenix Presents an Evening With Peter Diamandis

06 May 2009 15:29:31 PDT

Written by Michael Timmons
The evening experience includes a direct conversation with Dr. Diamandis exploring how Arizona can participate and contribute on a global scale by advancing opportunity through science, education, technology and entrepreneurism. The presentation by Dr. Diamandis will highlight th...

Original story at xprize.org .

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X PRIZE Foundation, WellPoint, to Announce Initial Design for Potential $10 Million X PRIZE to Revolutionize U.S. Health Care

09 Apr 2009 16:42:24 PDT

Written by Michael Timmons
ABOUT THE X PRIZE FOUNDATIONThe X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured the world’s attention when the Burt Rutan-led team, backed by Microsoft co-fo...

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Near Miss at $2-Million Lunar Lander Challenge

24 Oct 2008 00:13:21 PDT

Written by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
Image: Jeff Foust A team of rocket-vehicle designers came tantalizingly close to winning the $2-million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge this morning. The lunar lander built by Armadillo Aerospace managed to lift off vertically from a lunch and land on a second pad...

Original story at Wired News .

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Podcast: MD195 - The Google Lunar X Prize, interview with Will Pomerantz

26 Aug 2008 20:11:00 PDT

In September of 2007, Google announced it will sponsor an X Prize Foundation contest to award $20 million to the first non-governmental organization that lands a robot explorer on the moon by the year 2012, named the Google Lunar X Prize. Second place and bonus prizes of $5 million each wil...

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Starship Enterprise

28 Jul 2007 09:43:22 PDT

The X Prize contest was reminiscent of aviation's early days, when privately funded prizes inspired design competitions and trial-and-error efforts with comparatively little governmental help. Charles Lindbergh didn't fly the Atlantic with the assistance of a federal grant; he wa...

Original story at Power Line .

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Auto X Prize to reward 100-mpg car

12 Apr 2007 12:14:00 PDT

Written by info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports)
The X Prize was conceived to spur innovation. It was inspired by the Orteig prize, which Charles Lindbergh won by flying across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. The first X Prize, the Ansari X Prize, was for a private spacecraft that could launch into sub-orbital space twice in two weeks. It was won...

Original story at Consumer Reports .

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