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X-Prize

Using prizes to spur innovation
Using prizes to spur innovation
January 7, 2013
MIT Professor Fiona Murray produces concrete guidelines on designing and executing Grand Innovation Prizes.
Also labeled: Business and management, Contests and academic competitions, Energy, Faculty, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Management, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Graduate, postdoctoral, Entrepreneurship
A hop, skip and a jump on the moon — and beyond
A hop, skip and a jump on the moon — and beyond
August 18, 2010
Team envisions robotic spacecraft that can explore hard-to-reach areas on the moon and other planetary bodies by hopping.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Artificial intelligence, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Spaceflight, Students
Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations
Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations
December 17, 2009
Proposed X-Prizes for energy storage could produce key enabling technologies to make renewable energy development more practical
Also labeled: Batteries, Energy, Going green, Green business, Grid, Students, Reporter's Notebook
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