New X Prize Looks for “Crazy Green Ideas
By Alex • Oct 30th, 2008 • Category: Featured
The X Prize Foundation, the same organization behind the Automotive X Prize and Google Lunar X Prize projects, has recently launched a YouTube search for people’s “crazy green ideas.” Called the Energy and Environment X PRIZE, it’s on a much smaller scale compared to the other two contests above worth $10 million and $30 million respectively. With a $25,000 prize at stake, contestants are required to film 2 minutes of video footage answering the main question, “What’s your crazy green idea?”Entries, accepted until October 31, 2008, should be posted on YouTube’s channel for the contest. The three most viable ideas will be chosen November 15 after which, voting will be opened to the masses for two weeks. Each entry, by the bye, will have to tackle three points:
1. What is the Grand Challenge or world-wide problem that you are trying to solve?
2. What is the specific prize idea (goal, rules, judging criteria)?
3. How will this prize lead to benefits for humanity?
If you have a “green idea” bubbling in your head, now is the time to voice it out. Check out the Energy and Environment X PRIZE and submit your entries here.
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