XPrize Founders Launch Tech Innovation Competition

metlin writes "The organizers of the Ansari X-Prize have launched the equivalent of the X-Prize in a variety of technology areas, called the WTN X-Prizes. The idea is to have a series of prizes for important technology challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, which will be judged by the World Technology Network. The website mentions that, 'The concept of the WTN X PRIZES is to utilize the concepts, procedures, technologies and publicity developed X PRIZE Foundation's Ansari X PRIZE competition for space and the global science and technology innovators identification process and community developed by the World Technology Network (WTN) to launch a series of technology prizes seeking to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.' Sounds like a good idea, maybe this will help make that flying car a reality?"

Comments

Idea for important technological innovation

[Denver_G]

Can they make one of the 1st prizes some of the X-ray specs so I can see through womens clothing! (Yes, it must have a gender filter)

Re:Idea for important technological innovation

[Patrik_AKA_RedX]

How about an on-off-switch?

Cool

[ender1598]

Instead of fusion power constantly being 10 years in the future, it'll now be stuck at 5!

Re:Cool

[someme2]

Instead of fusion power constantly being 10 years in the future, it'll now be stuck at 5!
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that understand binary and those that do not.

Why does the new X price delay the advent of fusion power by three years?

Important technology challenges

[Advocadus Diaboli]

like e.g. making Microsoft Windows secure? :-)

SCNR

Re:Important technology challenges

[Anonymous Coward]

You understand that in Slashdot (i.e. Bizarro World) you will be modded Troll/Flamebait for daring to unplug yourself from the Matrix right?

Re:Whats the deal with flying cars?

[tom17]

cant see one of these doing much damage in a crash....

Flying card

what I want to know is...

[Anonymous Coward]

The concept of the WTN X PRIZES is to utilize the concepts, procedures, technologies and publicity developed X PRIZE Foundation's Ansari X PRIZE competition for space and the global science and technology innovators identification process and community developed by the World Technology Network (WTN) to launch a series of technology prizes seeking to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.

What will the prize be for a foolproof way of teaching writing skills?

Where's the opposite prize?

[thrill12]

Wherever a prize was awarded, anti-prizes where tought of: the golden raspberry(anti-Oscar), ig-nobel prize('anti'-NobelPrize), etc.

Where is this "Anti X-prize" then ?
My personal idea for the contents for such a prize would be:

Prize for the craft that crashes most spectacular (without people, duh)

Prize for the most useless invention on (name your territory here)

Prize for the worst overshoot of a set target (wanted to the moon, went to Mars)
Any more ?

Re:crappy article

[BasilBrush]

'The concept of the WTN X PRIZES is to utilize the concepts, procedures, technologies and publicity developed X PRIZE Foundation's Ansari X PRIZE competition for space and the global science and technology innovators identification process and community developed by the World Technology Network (WTN) to launch a series of technology prizes seeking to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.'

A prize for software that takes overly long and unweildy sentances, and converts them to plain English.

Re:A bit off-topic but...

[aXis100]

[sarcasm] Yeah, but does it fly? [/sarcasm]

WTN X-Prizes

[ironman_one]

1. Robots and AI
Robot players beats human world championchip masters in a standard soccer match.

2. Space
2.1 - Race around the mon.
2.2 - Land on the moon.
2.3 - Bring back one kilogram of moon material
2.3 - Land on mars.

3. Medicine
Neural computer interface(say matrix)

4. Energy
Superconducting powerline over 100km

5. Transportation
Antigravity

How about an X-Prize for writing?

[Airwall]

The concept of the WTN X PRIZES is to utilize the concepts, procedures, technologies and publicity developed X PRIZE Foundation's Ansari X PRIZE competition for space and the global science and technology innovators identification process and community developed by the World Technology Network (WTN) to launch a series of technology prizes seeking to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.

Man, what a complete trainwreck of a sentence.

My suggestion..

[Anonymous Coward]

SPAM-free Email

Let's move out of the dark ages ...

[snippy]

and come up with a shaving system that doesn't involving scraping sharp pieces of metal across our faces!

I mean seriously, if someone could pack a laser hair removal system into a handheld gadget built for the home user, I'd buy it. I'm all about the not shaving for 4-6 weeks part.