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  • Opening Ceremony at SU/ISU


    X PRIZE Foundation Chairman and CEO, Peter Diamandis is also the Vice-Chancellor and co-Founder of Singularity University and co-Founder of the International Space University. This video highlights Peter's speech at the Singularity University and International Space University Opening Ceremony, June 29th 2009, Mountain View, CA. Read Peter's thoughts on the creation of Singularity University here.


  • German Group Part-Time-Scientists Becomes 19th Team in Google Lunar X PRIZE


    Part-Time-Scientists, a group of open source enthusiasts from Germany, has joined the ranks of the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams. Read more about this team on their team page.

  • Incentive prizes have fans even inside the White House. Thomas Kalil, the Deputy Director for Policy with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has long been interested in prizes. Prior to joining President Obama's White House, he authored "Prizes for Technological Innovation" for the Brookings Institute. He also was one of the featured speakers at the X PRIZE Foundation's recent incentive2innovate conference. In his latest blog post, Kalil discusses "Prizes as Incentives for Public-Private Partnerships."