The San Diego wireless technology giant has been testing the concept in various ways, beginning about three years ago with the introduction of its international QPrize competition, organized by Qualcomm Ventures. The company also has been working with...
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June 21, 2012
The prize pool for environmental innovation challenges increased twelvefold in the past ten years—and shows no sign of easing up. But does crowd-sourcing solutions pay off for the world as well as for the winners?
June 08, 2012
Peter Diamandis is interviewed on The Dylan Ratigan Show about the partnership with the Robin Hood Foundation to fight poverty.
May 25, 2012
The X PRIZE Foundation and Nokia today announced the launch of the Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE, a $2.25 million global competition to stimulate the development of a new generation of health sensors and sensing technologies that can drastically improve...
May 24, 2012
That was one of the key messages at the Wireless Life Sciences Alliance Convergence Summit being held this week in downtown San Diego. About 275 technology and healthcare officials attended the two-day event. They include X PRIZE Chief Executive Peter...
May 16, 2012
To find that innovative solution, Mr. Roth is working with a group of donors and dedicating $50,000 toward the first phase of a competition in partnership with the X Prize Foundation, an organization that manages prize competitions for various groups...
May 15, 2012
Last night at the annual Robin Hood Foundation gala dinner, its billionaire co-founder Paul Tudor Jones II announced a partnership with the X Prize Foundation to establish new challenges to help eradicate poverty in New York.
May 15, 2012
The total raised last night was $57.4 million, including $13 million pledged on electronic devices to Robin Hood and $19 million pledged on the same devices to a new initiative with the X Prize Foundation, which will offer prizes to find solutions to...
April 27, 2012
In the end, public votes crowned Capra the winner for his four-minute video compilation of time-lapse scenes he shot during a 17-day trip around Iceland.
April 27, 2012
A well-crafted competition can spawn entire industries, such as how the Ansari X Prize gave birth to the current race between Virgin Galactic and Space X for dominance of the commercial space travel industry.
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