Visioneering Workshop 2011


VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE X PRIZE CONCEPT!

The X PRIZE Foundation held its 2011 “Visioneering Workshop” at Fox Studios in Los Angeles, CA. More than 100 CEOs and Innovators from around the world came up with 36 potential X PRIZE concepts within the categories of Life Sciences; Energy & Environment; Exploration; and Education & Global Development. Those 36 concepts were down selected to eight finalists presented below. [ To see the official press release click here ]

Watch these top eight concept finalists and tell us what you would like to see as our next X PRIZE:


  • #1 Water Purification “Super Brita”

    Develop a technology to solve the world’s number one cause of death: Lack of safe drinking water.

  • #2 OnStar for the Body

    Develop and demonstrate a system which continuously monitors an individual’s personal health-related data leading to early detection of disease or illness.

  • #3 Energy & Water from Waste

    Create and demonstrate a technology that generates off-grid water and energy for a small village derived from human and organic waste.

  • #4 Around The World Ocean Survey

    Create an autonomous underwater vehicle that can circumnavigate the world’s oceans, gathering data each step of the way.

  • #5 Mind Over Matter "BCI"

    Enable high function, minimally invasive brain to computer interfaces that can turn thought into action.

  • #6 Transforming Parentless Youth

    Dramatically and positively change the outcome for significantly at risk foster children, reducing the number of incarcerations and unemployment rate by fifty-percent or more.

  • #7 Wireless Power Transmission

    Wireless transmission of electricity over distances greater than 200 miles while losing less than two percent of the electricity during the transmission.

  • #8 Ultra Fast Point-To-Point Travel

    Design and fly the world’s fastest point-to-point passenger travel system.

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  • The world’s top CEOs and innovators gather to identify the world’s biggest problems.

  • Filmmaker and explorer James Cameron presents his team’s Robotic Ocean Survey prize.

Photos courtesy of Brian Samuelson