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Message #174580 posted by bum (Info) May 01, 2008 01:06:20 ET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-prize
man these guys are great. they help design and fund competitions for the
benefit of humanity. the PETA in vitro meat contest is done through them,
here are some more:
"Teams will compete for multi-million-dollar cash prizes by designing and
building super-efficient vehicles that will achieve 100 MPG (2.35 liter/100
kilometer) or its equivalent, that is commercially viable."
"The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, the second X PRIZE to be offered by the X
PRIZE Foundation, was announced 4 October 2006. The goal of the Archon X
PRIZE for Genomics is to greatly reduce the cost and increase the speed of
human genome sequencing to create a new era of personalized, predictive
and preventive medicine, eventually transforming medical care from reactive
to proactive. The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, a joint effort of the X PRIZE
Foundation and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, is a $10 million prize
to be awarded to the first team to successfully sequence 100 anonymous
human genomes in 10 days at a recurring cost of no more than $10,000 per
genome."
most of it's actually for space exploration
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