Three-Wheeled E. Rex, Three Times More Efficient Than Prius, Roars into...
Cars The electric version of the Campagna T-Rex still aims to hit 160 mph Another contender for the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize has roared onto the scene, in the form of a modified...
View ArticleX-Prize Challenge Offers $1.4 Million for Revolutionary Oil Cleanup Tech
Science From the people that brought you private spaceflight and super-fuel-efficient automobiles comes the $1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge. X-Prize officials… From the people that...
View ArticleJames Cameron Heads For Mariana Trench to Film Avatar Sequel and Capture X...
Science Director James Cameron has commissioned Australian designers to build a sub that can plunge 36,000 feet beneath the surface of the ocean, hoping to combine his love for deep… Director James...
View ArticlePrivate Company Wants To Put a Robot on the Moon Next Year
Science A private company aims to send a robotic lander and rover to the lunar surface as soon as December of next year on a Falcon 9 rocket. Astrobotic Technology Inc., a spinoff of… A private...
View ArticleX Prize Foundation Offers $10 Million For a Tricorder to Diagnose Patients
Science Labs-on-a-chip are useful tools for diagnosing diseases, but most can only pick out one or two sickness signatures amid an array of symptoms. The X Prize Foundation,… Labs-on-a-chip are useful...
View ArticleNASA Says: Please Don't Touch Our Stuff When You Go to the Moon
Technology Dear intrepid lunar explorers: NASA politely asks that, when you travel to the moon, you refrain from messing with the American flag. Google’s Lunar X Prize promises $20… Dear intrepid...
View ArticleHow It Works: A Private Moon Lander
Space Here are two rovers built to win the Google Lunar XPrize. Next year, robots will land on the moon, competing for the Google Lunar XPrize. The contest offers $40 million in rewards, including a...
View Article7-Million-Dollar XPrize Will Encourage Deep Ocean Exploration
Environment Into the heart of the sea We've visited Pluto, landed on the moon, and taken pictures of the earth from a million miles away. But there is so much about our planet that we still don't have...
View Article'Moon Shot': Google Teams With J.J. Abrams And XPrize For Space Documentary...
Space The 9-part series premieres on YouTube and Google Play this month The new documentary looks appropriately cosmic and stirring in its scope, profiling the dedicated dreamers and entrepreneurs of...
View Article'Moon Shot' Is Now Free To Watch On YouTube
Entertainment The J.J. Abrams/Google/XPrize documentary follows Google Lunar X-Prize teams I've watched a few minutes myself and can tell you that it is engrossing and the subjects are fascinating.
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