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Joe Matt 08-10-2004 08:47

XPrize People Set Up New Technology Competition
 
From /.

"The organizers of the Ansari X-Prize have launched the equivalent of the X-Prize in a variety of technology areas, called the WTN X-Prizes. The idea is to have a series of prizes for important technology challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, which will be judged by the World Technology Network. The website mentions that, 'The concept of the WTN X PRIZES is to utilize the concepts, procedures, technologies and publicity developed X PRIZE Foundation's Ansari X PRIZE competition for space and the global science and technology innovators identification process and community developed by the World Technology Network (WTN) to launch a series of technology prizes seeking to meet the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.' Sounds like a good idea, maybe this will help make that flying car a reality?"

http://www.wtnxprize.org/

sanddrag 08-10-2004 09:03

Re: XPrize People Set Up New Technology Competition
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephM
Sounds like a good idea, maybe this will help make that flying car a reality?"

The flying car was already a reality over 50 years ago http://www.retrofuture.com/flyingcar.html For a little more current flying car, check out this one http://www.moller.com/skycar/ We have and have had flying cars, just not available to the public as a whole.

Joe Matt 08-10-2004 09:51

Re: XPrize People Set Up New Technology Competition
 
[quote=sanddrag]
Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephM
Sounds like a good idea, maybe this will help make that flying car a reality?"QUOTE]The flying car was already a reality over 50 years ago http://www.retrofuture.com/flyingcar.html For a little more current flying car, check out this one http://www.moller.com/skycar/ We have and have had flying cars, just not available to the public as a whole.

That's the /. quote, but just like space travel, sure, it was happening, just not commerically.

roninmedia 09-10-2004 16:46

Re: XPrize People Set Up New Technology Competition
 
We'll probably see a prize go to the person who invents the room temperature superconductor, the unifying theory of physics, or create something that goes the speed of light.


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