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Mark Krynsky — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:58:00 +0000

The Robots of the Sea

Mark Krynsky — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:11:00 +0000

AMP - After the X PRIZE

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

AMP, a Finalist and electric drivetrain producer based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has succeeded in bringing test vehicles to market since the completion of the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE last summer. AMP's first all-electric models were the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice convertibles and the Chevrolet Equinox.

“We probably have 100,000 electric miles on our vehicles,” states Steve Burns, AMP founder and CEO. “These early customers and actual road miles have helped us refine our craft to the point that we are now ready to validate and crash test our vehicles.”

In addition to the development work on their core GM products, AMP has delivered the first of 1,000 AMP electrified Mercedes Benz ML to Northern Lights Energy of Iceland. The agreement for 1,000 vehicles was signed on April 14, 2011 and volume delivery is expected to begin this fall. According to Burns, “Iceland is kind of a perfect storm for EV's. High gas prices, almost free electricity, high taxes on ICE based vehicles and moderate temperatures. Quite a test bed.”

Spira - After the X PRIZE

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Spira, an international Finalist, has continued their push to launch a unique vehicle exclusive to the Asian automotive markets. The Spira4U, currently being developed by an American team based in Thailand, has a foam body construction. The vehicle showcased in the competition was powered by an internal combustion engine, but the team has recently begun collaboration with Electric Motorsport and the Tiger Motorcycle factory to create an electric Spira.

“We are considering a couple of partners for producing electric Spiras for export. We are concentrating on an electric version as we are still seeking a gas scooter engine supplier that will meet emissions in the USA and Europe,” states Lon Ballard, CEO. While developing new versions of the Spira4U, the team continues to work through vehicle safety requirements including vehicle crash performance.

Edison2 - After the X PRIZE

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Edison2, the $5 million winner of the Mainstream Class has been very productive following the X PRIZE competition. The company is rapidly moving towards commercialization of their vehicle and has been investigating alternative drivetrains for use in the Very Light Car vehicle platform. These alternate drivetrains include a battery-powered electric version of the Very Light Car (VLC,) which, according to Edison2 spokesperson David Brown, “can solve EV's issues of range and battery weight.” Brown predicts that the electric VLC will have a range of over 100 miles using a 10 kilowatt-hour (kwh) battery pack. In comparison, the Nissan Leaf has a 77 mile range using 24 kwh.

Another important part of Edison2’s path to commercialization is safety. Ongoing computer-simulation crash testing is confirming what the team already knows from their history in racing: with the right architecture a low mass car can be safe by today's standards. Edison2 plans to begin live crash testing this fall.

Aside from the company’s technological development, Edison2 is growing its company as well, acquiring a new property on the outskirts of Lynchburg, Va. – the former Virginia Castings foundry at Mt. Athos. This property will house a test track, on-site crash testing and the company’s offices. Edison2 has also expanded their team, bringing in additional design expertise from Jason Hill of Design by 11 and electric car expertise from Ron Cerven, the former team leader from Li-ion Motors, who led the Li-ion team to victory in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Alternative Class.

“The next version Very Light Car will be roomier, friendlier, pass safety standards and turn heads -- while maintaining breakthrough efficiency,” stated David Brown. It appears that Edison2 is well on their way to making that statement a reality.

Team EVX – After the X PRIZE

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000

West Philadelphia High School, better known as Team EVX, was eliminated from the competition during the Knockout Phase, but the team has continued their work with efficient vehicles and developing the next generation of technology savvy young adults.

Early in 2011, Edison2, Mainstream Class winner, created a chassis of the Very Light Car for Team EVX to build as an all-electric car, the Electric Very Light Car (EVLC). The team has decided on a drivetrain utilizing Azure Dynamics electric motor and International Battery Lithium Iron Phosphate battery pack. Subsequently, five students on the EVX Team entered the Clean Energy division of the Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Awards (SOIA) that challenges high school students to use science, technology and entrepreneurship to solve real-world 21^st century problems. The students detailed their work on the EVLC for the contest and partnered with University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business to create a business and marketing plan. In May, the students won the SOIA and will be working on additional components of the business plan this summer.

On April 15, after tweaking and tuning the EVX GT, the team’s internal combustion engine powered competition vehicle, the team took a large group of students and teachers to the Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International, which featured a short and long road rally. The Chevy Volt won the short road rally and the EVX GT won the long road rally and logged the best MPGe of any car in the competition.

Perhaps most importantly, Simon Hauger, Team EVX leader, mentor, and program developer, has been working to advance the work of the EVX Team from after-school to an official high school program. The program, the Sustainability Workshop, will be housed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in conjunction with the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC), a $129 million initiative of the Department of Energy. The team is partnering with the GPIC, the Philadelphia School District and Drexel University for this effort and started classes early this month.

“For all that the X PRIZE did to foster the advancement of the automotive industry, the greater achievement will be a fundamental rethinking about how we educate today’s young people for tomorrow’s green economy,” states Ann Cohen, Team EVX advisor and mentor.

West Philly EVX will also be honored by Popular Mechanics for their achievements at a ceremony in New York on October 10, 2011. What an inspiring group of young adults!

X PRIZE Education at Solar Decathlon and NC Museum of Life and Science

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:29:33 +0000

Education Outreach for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE continued in September and October, 2011 at the U.S.Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon held in the National Mall's West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. Nineteen collegiate teams from around the world competed to determine which group had created the most efficient solar powered home. Competition categories included Architecture, Energy Balance, Affordability, Engineering, and Market Appeal.

Though quite a few of the competition days were solar-challenged, the demonstration homes performed well, and visitors lined up for a chance to inspect the innovative design and construction inside and out.

The Under The Hood - Drive Change Today activity cart was very popular with the energy-efficiency-minded Solar Decathlon visitors. The activities in the cart are designed to provide a hands-on introduction to principles of energy use, by-products of energy consumption, and conservation.

Mixing vinegar and baking soda provides an immediate Carbon Dioxide reaction...

...while yeast and water take longer to work together to create the same effect.

The aerodynamic properties of cars of different shapes and sizes were compared on test tracks. With hair dryers creating wind resistance, it was clear that boxy designs and luggage racks can drastically reduce energy efficiency.

A favorite activity was the battery circuit station, where the challenge was to complete an energy circuit utilizing a battery, wires and tape, in order to light a small bulb. The more batteries, the brighter the light, until the tiny lights blow from the energy supplied by about 6 to 7 D batteries.

The principles how of interlocking gears work to control speed and direction of movement were explored by many visitors to the booth as well.

At the NC Museum of Life and Science in Durham, a week of Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE education events and activities were held in the museum's hands-on investigation lab space.

Museum visitors learned that under-inflated tires and dirty air filters are two enemies of energy efficiency.

Visitors used a high-magnification camera and display screen to compare clean and dirty filters and learned how a dirty air filter slows the intake of air needed for efficient burning of fuel.

The challenge of designing and constructing paper luggage racks and testing their effect on a car's aerodynamics was also a popular activity using the museum's high tech spring loaded tester track.

ZAP – After the X PRIZE

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:30:19 +0000

ZAP, from Santa Rosa, CA, with their all electric 3-wheeled vehicle, the Alias has been very productive in the area of bringing their vehicle to market since the end of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition. In January of 2011, ZAP became the first non-Chinese based company to acquire a Chinese automobile Manufacturing facility. The 3.5 million square foot facility is fully provisioned and already producing two sport utility vehicles and a van. “The challenge to acquire the Chinese facility was so great it required the full bandwidth and focus of the company,” stated Steven Schneider, ZAP CEO. “Throughout this process in China, we, at ZAP, fully intended to move forward with the production of the Alias and other affordable electric vehicles for public consumption,” adds Schneider.

Zap Alias

In a discussion on the effects of the X PRIZE, Schneider candidly states that if it had not been for the competition, ZAP may not have pushed forward to produce the Alias. “We may not have won the prize, but with so much attention and so many requests from the public, we had to build it,” said Schneider. ZAP is currently fine tuning a plan to launch the Alias in their Chinese facility by the end of 2^nd quarter, 2012. Adds Schneider, “it may have taken longer than we thought, but we are now ready to move forward.”

If that is not enough, keep your eyes open during an upcoming Bruce Willis movie…the Alias is featured in one of the many action scenes!

To see a video of the new ZAP facility in China, click on the video link below:

Download ZAP_Jonway_China_Factory

Aptera: After the X PRIZE

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:42:01 +0000

On a recent trip to southern California, I had the opportunity to visit the new Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad and discuss the effect the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE had on the development of the 2e, one full year after the completion of the prize.

The new 100k square foot facility in Carlsbad houses the corporate offices and serves as the Aptera engineering and technology center. The facility has ample open space to work on the continued development of the 2e, as well as the 2nd vehicle in the Aptera portfolio, currently in the design phase.

Though the team is busy working on the design and development of both vehicles, the timing of the production launch is still to be determined. The work continues as the company seeks funding to fully equip a facility to house their manufacturing operation. The team has applied to the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program, and is still working with the DOE to complete the process. According to Paul Wilbur, CEO, the loan program “provides the kind of funding necessary for manufacturing facilitization.” It is a very rigorous and diligent process, but one that was aided by the team’s participation in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. “The fact that the 2e had been in the X PRIZE and at Argonne National Labs for testing, helped us validate our technical claims in the application,” stated Wilbur.

When asked about the effect of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE on Aptera as a company and on the vehicle, Tom Reichenbach, VP and Chief Engineer, and driver of the 2e throughout the competition was quick to state that “it was worth the trip.” Reichenbach believes that the “engagement and discipline required to be in a competition like the X PRIZE is fundamental to the growth of a company.” Paul Wilbur remarked that Aptera “walked in with twenty-five engineers, each independently thinking about how the vehicle should perform, but quickly became aligned with a single purpose and were galvanized to trust and accept Tom as their leader.” Wilbur believes that “competition is healthy for start-up businesses.” The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE has helped Aptera create a sense of “team” that has made them “ready to take on any challenge.”

MoonBots in the Media

Amanda Stiles — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +0000

NASA Centennial Challenge Updates: Sample Return, Nanosat, Green Flight, Tether, More

Ray — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:26:00 +0000

About the MTA..

Alex H — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:23:00 +0000

More MOONBOTS AND STEM

Chanda Gonzales — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Rover Video Roundup

Amanda Stiles — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:53:00 +0000

What are MoonBots Finalists Up To?!

Chanda Gonzales — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0000

"X-Files" at the Google Lunar X PRIZE!

Alex H — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:38:00 +0000

MoonBots Reloaded

Chanda Gonzales — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:35:00 +0000

NewSpace 2011 - Quick Download

Amanda Stiles — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:48:00 +0000

MoonBots 2.0 Play List Now Available!

Chanda Gonzales — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0000

GIRL Time! The Google Lunar X PRIZE partners with the Girl Scouts.

Chanda Gonzales — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Prize Roundup: 100kft Prize, Crater Finder, Sample Agreement, AIAA Booster Plane, Debris Removal, and Prop Depot Designs, More

Ray — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:19:00 +0000

Thank you !!!

Nicole Jordan ( Nicky J Rocket Girl) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:24:00 +0000

I want to personally thank my GLXP Team and all the X PRIZE Foundation staff that made this last Google Lunar X PRIZE Team summit a success. It was a pleasure to get to know all the new teams and to refresh the relationships with our oldest team members.

I would also like to extend our many thanks and sincere appreciation to all the folks at the SETI Institute, NASA Ames & the NASA Lunar Science Institute who helped to make this a unique an exciting event. Additionally, we at the X PRIZE Foundation are continuously grateful to Google for their continued support. Without them, none of this would be possible. Until next time!

Nicky Jordan

GLXP Team Summit Kicks Off + New Senior Director Appointed

Amanda Stiles — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:49:00 +0000

GLXP Team Summit Around The Corner

Amanda Stiles — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:23:00 +0000

Twenty Finalists Named in “MoonBots 2.0” Educational Contest

Chanda Gonzales — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:43:00 +0000

MoonBots Phase 2: We Have Lift Off!

Amanda Stiles — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:42:00 +0000

Prize Roundup: Heinlein Prize, International Rocketry Challenge, CanSat winners, SEDS Conference, More

Ray — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:27:00 +0000

Hurry UP! MoonBots Registration Closes this Weekend- June 26th

Chanda Gonzales — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:34:00 +0000

A GLXP Adventure in Microgravity

Amanda Stiles — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:40:00 +0000

On an ordinary work day last December, my email client chimes and a message appears with an intriguing subject line: “Zero G”. I blink as I read the note -- are my eyes deceiving me? In front of me is a request to fly as a journalist for a NASA microgravity student team. With fingers typing at speeds that likely almost break the sound barrier, I reply, “Of course!” And so the fortuitous story begins of how I recently got to fly on the Zero G aircraft with NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program (RGEFP) and a group of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To start, here's a quick teaser video that I created of our adventure:

I have to acknowledge that I'm very fortunate to work for an organization that supports such opportunities (and STEM education!): the X PRIZE Foundation graciously allowed me to abandon my desk for a week and work remotely in Houston, TX as I shadowed the University of Wisconsin-Madison microgravity team in April. Our base camp for the week was NASA's Hangar 990 at Ellington Field, where the UW team worked on final preparations of their NASA experiment -- a device designed to make very accurate measurements of propellant levels in space.

Hangar 990 with the Super Guppy parked outside

On Day 1 of the "flight week" (as it's referred to), the UW team discovers that the shipping service did not handle their experiment with care and that it requires some fixing prior to flight. Fortunately, simplicity of the design and great teamwork results in a quick formulation of a solution to the problem -- the team creates plans for repairs and springs into action. Some of the team disassembles the experiment and others are sent to the hardware store for parts (like all good engineers, they have duct tape on their list). The ability of the UW students to calmly evaluate the problem, work together to find the best solution, and then delegate tasks to fix their experiment -- all within an afternoon -- is nothing short of impressive.

That pretty well sums it up.

Drawing up solutions

Dividing up work

Deconstruction

Outside of working on the experiment, the team also participates in a few "briefings" (side note: there is nothing brief about NASA briefings) which cover a range of topics; for example, what happens to your sense of direction if you are quickly spun around in a chair with your eyes closed. This is one example in a flight physiology briefing about motion sickness -- where we also received warnings about eating Taco Bell right before the Zero G flight. Talk of getting sick amongst the students is fairly light-hearted; relatively few actually get motion sickness on the flights (the briefings and optional pre-flight meds help a lot with this). A NASA flight surgeon informs us about the "ScopeDex" anti-motion sickness medicine that we can take prior to our flight, adding that "30 parabolas might do somethin' to ya." While I usually have a stomach of steel on boats, rollercoasters, and the Tea Cup ride at Disneyland, I decide that I'm not going to leave this one to chance, and sign up to take the medicine along with the rest of the UW flight crew.

Hanging with the cool UW kids at the briefings

Spinning in the name of science

In the downtime, I talk to the students about their project and the flight. The University of Wisconsin-Madison applies to the NASA Reduced Gravity Program every year and traditionally has at least one team project accepted. This ongoing microgravity program means that they have a large team of engineering students that work on the projects each year -- the new students work as ground crew, and returning students are considered for the flight crew. The team that I'll be flying with are microgravity veterans: Paul Pezzi and Nathan Wong, both seniors in engineering, along with Dr. Manohar Despande, the team's NASA mentor.

The entire UW-Madison crew

Flight Day

The experiment is loaded on the aircraft and fully secured for microgravity. Our flight crew reports to Ellington Field at 8am in our NASA-issued flight suits, and we're ready to roll. Nathan is even sporting his Buzz Aldrin "Rocket Hero" Nike shoes. "They're only for microgravity," he explains.

Our flight team takes our anti-motion sickness meds and sit down for the pre-flight briefing. We'll be flying a series of 30 parabolas, alternating between 2G (trough of the parabola) and 0G (peak of the parabola). The microgravity (0G) periods will last about 20-25 seconds -- in total, we'll get about 8 minutes in microgravity. We'll even get one Mars gravity parabola (~1/3 G) and one lunar parabola (~1/6 G). At this point, saying that we are excited about flying in 0G is like saying that the Saturn V was a decent-sized rocket (understatement!). Between our excitement and the meds, which make you feel a bit squirrely, we can hardly contain ourselves.

NASA's watching, be cool! Our flight crew (from L to R): Amanda, Nathan, Paul, and Dr. Despande

At long last, we are cruising high above the Gulf of Mexico and getting ready for the first 0G parabola. The students are busy setting up their experiments -- the UW team immediately fires up their computer and is ready to take data. There won't be any moving parts visible on their experiment in microgravity, so the computer will be vital for monitoring whether their experiment is functioning and data is being properly collected.

Paul sets up the UW experiment

Soon we feel the 1.8G pull, which means the start of the parabola series. Microgravity, here we come! I search for the nearest handhold so that I won't feel completely out of control, at least until I get used to the feeling of weightlessness. As the plane noses over at the top, the Gs drop off very quickly and in a matter of a second or two, everyone is floating around the cabin. Smiles and laughter and cheering erupt, and all I can think is, "Wahoo!" We giddily float in this new environment for about 20 seconds, then the flight crew yells, "FEET DOWN!" We drop out of microgravity just as quickly as we initially floated into it, and then it's back to 1.8Gs to repeat the process.

All smiles.

A couple of parabolas allow us to get oriented, then it's time to start research. Nathan and Paul hunker down and start the computer program that collects data coming from a special sensor mounted on their experiment. Within the experiment rig is a simulated propellant tank that contains small polypropylene balls, which float freely during 0G. These represent globules of propellant that form in space, and the sensor is measuring their mass. Data flows in, and everything appears to be running smoothly.

30 parabolas passed by in the blink of an eye. As you can tell from the video at the beginning of this post, there was a little time to do "secondary research" (aka, time to play) -- Nathan and Paul brought a small basketball in honor of the NCAA basketball tournament happening in Houston at the time, and I brought a Google Lunar X PRIZE sticker. I really can't wait until 0G sports become a reality -- it is going to be be tons of fun to watch (and hopefully participate?). Oh, and my 20 second preview of lunar gravity? Amazing. I can see why Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad exclaimed, "Whoopee!" when he bounced onto the lunar surface.

When we finally returned to solid ground, every student aboard the Zero G aircraft was feeling a bit more inspired about science, research, and (of course!) space. The NASA RGEFP is an incredible opportunity for students, allowing them to conduct research in a real-world manner, but coupling it with an out-of-this-world experience. In addition, many students made valuable contacts at NASA and learned about internship/career opportunities during the flight week. These bright, motivated, and inspired students are essentially the perfect recruits for NASA.

I'd like to thank the University of Wisconsin-Madison team for inviting me to fly as their journalist (especially Nathan and Paul). Also big thanks to X PRIZE for being flexible, and of course to NASA for the incredible opportunity. It was definitely the experience of a lifetime -- I can only hope that there will be a chance to do it again someday!

Prize Roundup: Counting Craters, Earth Day Videos, Rockets, Asteroids, Sample Return Rules

Ray — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:16:00 +0000

Evadot Podcast: Rocket City Space Pioneers Chat with the "X-Treme Team"

Amanda Stiles — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:45:00 +0000

Want to Receive a LEGO Space Key Chain? .... Register Now for MoonBots!

Chanda Gonzales — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:36:00 +0000

TO: ALL INTREPID ROBOT TEAMS | FROM: MOONBOTS MISSION CONTROL

Chanda Gonzales — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Mitch Aiken — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Sample Return Review, Unreasonable Perspective, Rover Challenge Results, EuSEC Teams, Armadillo Test

Ray — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:59:00 +0000

X PRIZE Celebrates DNA Day!

Mitch Aiken — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Celebrating Science

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:19:03 +0000

This has been a busy season for Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE education outreach. In early March the National Science Teachers Association National Conference on Science Education was held in San Francisco, CA. This gathering of science teachers from across the nation provided ample opportunities to promote Fuel Our Future Now (FOFN) resources in partnership with Discovery Education.

Conference activities also included a chance to meet the cast of Discovery’s Mythbusters. Science teachers love the Mythbusters for bringing science concepts to life in a fun and often explosive manner.

And in the spirit of making science accessible and fun, we met a true master of the art, Bill Nye, another idol for science teachers. Many of the 3,000+ teachers in the audience grew up watching The Science Guy bring scientific concepts to life.

The NSTA experience included a visit to the CA Academy of Sciences which features a living roof representing the seven hills of San Francisco.

The Computer Using Educators conference in Palm Springs, CA also afforded an opportunity to partner with Discovery Education to promote FOFN resources to this annual gathering of tech savvy teachers, including the Discovery Educators Network of teachers who are super-users of Discoverystreaming. Copies of the complete K-12 FOFN curriculum binder were given to two lucky teachers.

At the San Diego Science Festival, we showcased a model of Edison2’s PIAXP-winning Very Light Car to fascinated expo visitors. This popular event held annually in San Diego’s Petco Park was attended by approximately 20,000 people and provided yet another perfect opportunity to promote the resources available at FOFN.

X PRIZEr, Kacy Qua, Soars Weightless with James Cameron and Friends

Valerie Arias — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:39:00 +0000

Keeping up with PIAXP Award Week

Valerie Arias — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:27:00 +0000

Mix It All Up in a Melting Pot (Part One)

Valerie Arias — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:38:00 +0000

The Competition Isn’t Over Yet: Why Validation Matters

Valerie Arias — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:55:00 +0000

Flying high with Academy Award Winner James Cameron!

Valerie Arias — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Leaders in the Automotive Industry Gather at Leadership Summit to Discuss Future of Alternative Energy Vehicles

Michael Timmons — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:02:00 +0000

How Google Lunar X PRIZE Teams May Benefit From NASA's Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) Program

Michael Timmons — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:11:00 +0000

At X PRIZE, We Make Headlines

Valerie Arias — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:55:00 +0000

Archon Genomics X PRIZE Powers Into Phase II: Genomics Technologies Progressing Towards Prize Vision

Valerie Arias — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:40:00 +0000

Making the Impossible Possible One Prize at a Time

Valerie Arias — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:59:00 +0000

The X PRIZE Design Process...EXPOSED

Valerie Arias — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:06:00 +0000

PIAXP Shakes Things Up With Shakedown

Valerie Arias — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:44:00 +0000

CISCO Named As Sponsor of X PRIZE Energy & Enviornment Prize Group

Valerie Arias — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:11:00 +0000

Sorry for the silence...

Valerie Arias — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:36:00 +0000

MoonBots: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge Officially Launched at the 2010 FIRST World Championship

Valerie Arias — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0000

All that is Video

Valerie Arias — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:06:00 +0000

A Different Kind of X PRIZE Press

Valerie Arias — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:39:00 +0000

Building a More Open Government, One Idea at a Time

William Pomerantz — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:47:24 +0000

Save the Date - X PRIZE to Host Second Radical Benefit for Humanity

Valerie Arias — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:42:00 +0000

PRIZE Development - Where It All Begins...

Valerie Arias — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:22:00 +0000

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Cruises into 2010

Valerie Arias — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Moon 2.0 and the New Era of Space Exploration

Michael Timmons — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:06:00 +0000

Horse Races with Rocket Engines

William Pomerantz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:17:51 +0000

Health Innovators: Another employed, capitated physician group makes headlines

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Thought Leaders: Arthur Chernoff's advice for the President on Health Transformation

Scott Shreeve, MD — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Placebo Effect - What about the Health Effect?

Scott Shreeve, MD — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:55:00 +0000

Team Play - Including the entire care team to improve outcomes

Scott Shreeve, MD — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:00 +0000

X PRIZE Sponsorship: Team Leaders, Components, and Vendors

Scott Shreeve, MD — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:08:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series - Michael Millenson on "40 years in the making" Health Care Crisis

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Prometheus Payment Model: Igniting a revolution in health finance reform?

Scott Shreeve, MD — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:52:00 +0000

Virtual Health Insurance Exchange - Utah Goes Live

Scott Shreeve, MD — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:40:00 +0000

Healthcare Innovators Series: Ginny Proestakes, Director of Health Benefits at GE

Scott Shreeve, MD — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Herbert Pardes, CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital System

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:46:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Betsy Dietz and the medical home for a global workforce

Scott Shreeve, MD — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series - Simeon Schwartz, MD on the

Scott Shreeve, MD — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series - Bill Bradley on the Ethics of Connectnedness

Scott Shreeve, MD — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Newt Gingrich on Healthcare Reform.

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Chris Parks from Change:Healthcare on the Power of Transparency

Scott Shreeve, MD — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:53:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Jim "Woody" Woodburn on the elimination of hospitalizations

Scott Shreeve, MD — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Sam Nussbaum, MD on Health Innovation

Scott Shreeve, MD — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:34:00 +0000

Health Innovators Series: Dean Ornish on improving Health and Wellbeing

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:15:00 +0000

High Quality / Low Cost Care - 10 Communities who are making it happen

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:34:00 +0000

Incenting the Ideal Health Care Delivery System

Scott Shreeve, MD — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Communities on the Move: What gets measured gets improved

Scott Shreeve, MD — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:49:00 +0000

i2i Speaker Spotlight: Rev up Your Company’s Innovation Engine with Candor by Keith Ferrazzi

stephschneider — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:05:00 +0000

Demonstration Division: True Communities versus Geographically Concentrated Employers

Scott Shreeve, MD — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Magical Medium: Update on the Healthcare X PRIZE

Scott Shreeve, MD — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Health Value: Creating a level playing field

Scott Shreeve, MD — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Safeway Health as a Model for Reform: Incentivizing Health Behaviors

Scott Shreeve, MD — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:13:00 +0000

Reid Hoffman Keynote at i2i

mike fabio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:00 +0000

Photo Gallery: incentive2innovate Day 2

mike fabio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Naren Pendyal of BigFatPrize.com Reflects on Day 1 of incentive2innovate

mike fabio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:17:00 +0000

Student Volunteer James Meickle: Thoughts on incentive2innovate Day 1

mike fabio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:13:00 +0000

incentive2innovate day 1: reception photos

mike fabio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:08:00 +0000

incentive2innovate Day 1 Photo Slideshow

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:56:00 +0000

Some reactions from the crowd: Edmond Bina

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:15:00 +0000

Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:07:00 +0000

Some Photos from Day 1, early

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:52:00 +0000

Greeting from Robert K. Weiss

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:50:00 +0000

Welcome to incentive2innovate

mike fabio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:02:00 +0000

First Trip to the United Nations Building

mike fabio — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:51:00 +0000

Inside the UN

mike fabio — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:25:00 +0000

The United Nations Building

mike fabio — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:59:00 +0000