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Introducing the XPRIZE Ocean Initiative

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XPRIZE, the global leader in incentivized prize competitions, announced its largest commitment to date – launching three additional ocean XPRIZE competitions by 2020. We’ve also launched an Ocean Ambassador program – a unique insider’s view into our prize development process and the crowdsourcing of ocean challenges to be tackled with these next three prizes. More »

 

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Tim Allen Narrates Google Lunar XPRIZE Planetarium Show

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Legendary actor Tim Allen has teamed up with XPRIZE to narrate Back To The Moon For Good, an educational fulldome planetarium show debuting this November. The 25-minute digital film highlights the history of lunar exploration and provides an insider’s look into the teams vying for the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, the largest incentivized prize in history. More »

  

Peter Diamandis Awarded Breakthrough Leadership Award

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Congratulations to XPRIZE CEO Dr. Peter Diamandis, this year's Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Leadership Award winner. Peter joins the ranks of previous winners, Elon Musk, James Cameron, and Burt Rutan. In addition to the award, Peter also talked to Popular Mechanics about why the world will be a much better place in 40 years. More »

  

XPRIZE Insights: Fracking: An Unfortunate Reality

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Frances Beinecke, president of the highly influential environmental action group, the National Resources Defense Council, talks about our continued dependence on fossil fuels and the ethical and practical implications of fracking. More »

  

Moon Roundup: Inspirations & Automations

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Five very different stories of teamwork from Google Lunar XPRIZE teams including, Penn State Lunar Lion, SpaceIL, Barcelona Moon, Team Indus, Moon Express and Astrobotic. More »

 

XPRIZE on Huffington Post

A New Age of Ocean Exploration May Just Save Us

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A renewed golden age of exploration in the 21st century might just be the key to a healthy and valued planet. Although we've already ignited unprecedented advances into space, there is still so much of our planet left unexplored. For starters, we know remarkably little about the ocean covering the majority of our planet's surface: almost 95% of our ocean remains undiscovered. More »

 

Supporter Spotlight

Thank you Jim & Ann Gianopulos!

XPRIZE wishes to thank Jim & Ann Gianopulos for hosting our latest Salon in association with Barclays at their beautiful home. The Gianopulos’ have been members of the XPRIZE family since 2008 and are on our Board of Trustees. We thank them so much for their commitment and dedication to solving the world’s Grand Challenges.

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XPRIZE In The News

THE GUARDIAN:  XPRIZE dives into Earth's final frontier – our oceans and their future health
TIME:  An Expanding XPRIZE Looks to Crowdsource Its Next Contests
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:  Three New Crowdsourced XPRIZEs Launched for Ocean Health
CBS SMARTPLANET:  XPRIZE’s biggest bet: oceans, the “black hole” of innovation
UNIVERSE TODAY:  Moonstruck: Private Moon Robot Competition Coming To A Theater Near You
YAHOO! NEWS:  Peter Diamandis, XPRIZE and Asteroid Mining Innovator, Wins Breakthrough Award
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR:  XPRIZE Foundation will crowdfund three new prizes. How it's a game-changer.
MOTHER NATURE NETWORK:  'Super corals' offer hope as oceans turn acidic
WEATHER.COM:  Peter Diamandis, Mars Rover Team Win Breakthrough Awards
POPULAR MECHANICS:  BTA Panel: The Power of Tiny Sensors
CNET:  XPRIZE crowdsources three contests tackling ocean health
OUTSIDE ONLINE:  Watching the Climate Change, Under The Sea

 

Around The Web

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:  United Nations to Adopt Asteroid Defense Plan
POPULAR MECHANICS:  Astronaut Chris Hadfield: Where Should Space Explorers Go Next?
DISCOVERY:  'Electronic Blood' Could Power Next-Gen Computers
POPULAR SCIENCE:  Thermal Wristband Keeps Your Body At The Perfect Temperature
WASHINGTON POST:  Just how badly are we overfishing the oceans?
NEW YORK TIMES:  Are You Competent? Prove It.

 

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