X Prize

Meet Shmeat: Test-Tube Meat

Grist | Lou Bendrick | Posted 12.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Veganism, Test-Tube Meat, Eating Matters, Green News, X Prize, Green Living, Peta, Gmos, Vegetarianism, Meat, Schmeat, In Vitro Meat, Shmeat, Meat Shmeat, Green News

Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, human...

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Voting for the $25,000 "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" Contest has Begun!

Peter Diamandis | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

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Peter Diamandis

For those of you who don't know, an X PRIZE is a $10 million competition designed to solve one of the grand challenges of our time.

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Neil Young Vies For X-Prize

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green

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Neil Young currently drives a 1982 Mercedes coupe diesel that runs on vegetable oil he buys from a restaurants, but that's just a "band aid", accordi...

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Calling All Crazy Green Ideas

Jack Hidary | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Youtube, X Prize, Prize Contest, Competition, Energy Innovation, Innovation, X Prize Foundation, Green News
Jack Hidary

Now the X Prize Foundation is focusing on energy and they are looking far and wide for ideas. In fact, they have launched a $25,000 prize on YouTube to call for prize concepts.

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A New Kind Of Blowin' In The Wind

Amy Y. Day | Posted 01.06.2008 | Living

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Amy Y. Day

Last month I found myself driving up the heady ascent of Topanga Canyon Blvd. I'd been invited to a Thanksgiving Party by a musician friend who has p...

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How To Impress Your Kids

Lane Soelberg | Posted 11.29.2007 | Living

Read More: Space Flights, X Prize, Astronauts, Fatherpreneurs, The Good Life, Nasa, Make a Difference, Space Entrepreneurship, Living News
Lane Soelberg

Rewind time machine to 18 months ago.... As VP of Marketing for Business.com, I looked for ways to get entrepreneurs in touch with the resources they ...

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Quick Questions With Jesse Berst Of X Prize

Jesse Berst | Posted 11.15.2007 | Living

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Jesse Berst

What were you doing 10 years ago? I was on my fifth publishing start up. ZDNet Anchor Desk had nearly 3 million daily email subscribers and was the ...

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Coat-Tail Riding for Experts

William Pomerantz | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living

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William Pomerantz

I take a great deal of pride in a job I basically consider to be Advanced Coat-Tail Riding.

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My Dad, My Inspiration

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 10.18.2007 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, X Prize, Better Health, Modern Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Health Care, Innovations in Healthcare, Living News
Tom Vander Ark

Service is simply more rewarding than just making a buck. The old adage is true, we get more than we give.

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Sputnik 50th Anniversary: Governments Move Over, Here Comes Private Industry

Dr. Peter H. Diamandis | Posted 10.04.2007 | Living

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Dr. Peter H. Diamandis

Perhaps the most important force behind the next 50 years of space exploration will be the empowerment of youth over the gray-beards who are now running the show.

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