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XPrize Founders Launch Tech Innovation Competition

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-money dept.

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?"

7 of 214 comments (clear)

  1. Idea for important technological innovation by Denver_G · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

  2. Cool by ender1598 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  3. Important technology challenges by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    SCNR

  4. Re:Whats the deal with flying cars? by tom17 · · Score: 3, Funny
    cant see one of these doing much damage in a crash....

    Flying card

  5. what I want to know is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  6. Where's the opposite prize? by thrill12 · · Score: 5, Funny
    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 ?

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  7. Re:crappy article by BasilBrush · · Score: 3, Funny
    '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.