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Commercial Spaceflight for the Rest of Us -- Congratulations to Virgin Galactic

Peter Diamandis | Posted 12.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Xprize, Virgin Galactic, Spaceshiptwo, Spaceshipone, Paul Allen, Richard Branson, X Prize Foundation, X Prize, Peter Diamandis, Burt Rutan, Technology News

Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites have rolled out SpaceShipTwo, a new commercial spaceship that will be flown by two pilots with seats for six paying passengers.

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Horse Races with Rocket Engines

William Pomerantz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: X Prize, Nasa, Space, Lunar Landing, Scaled Composites, TrueZer0, Unreasonable Rocket, Friends of Amateur Rocketry, John Carmack, Spaceshiptwo, Rocket Competitions, Masten Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, David Masten, Xombie, Armadillo Aerospace, Technology News

We're clearly coming into an era where commercial competition will have a major impact on the aerospace community -- and on the financial community as well.

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My In-Depth Audio Interview with Paul Jansen of McKinsey & Company

Peter Diamandis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Peter Diamandis, Incentive Prizes, Xprize, X Prize, Business News

I recently had an in-depth interview with Paul Jansen of McKinsey & Company on the origins of X PRIZE and discussed my passion and understanding of how incentive prizes work.

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Guest Blogger, Keith Ferrazzi: Rev up Your Company's Innovation Engine with Candor

Peter Diamandis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Candor, X Prize, X Prize Foundation, Innovation, Incentive2innovate, I2i, Keith Ferrazzi, Business News

Whether or not you're officially a leader in your workplace, you can create a tremendous impact on its culture just by showing others the value of inviting in candor. Here are some specific tips.

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Health Noir: $10 Million Ransom Demand for Data - and Stranger Crimes Are Coming

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: X Prize, Organized Crime and Health Care, Health IT, Organized Crime, Health Data Crimes, Virginia Data Theft, Hhs, Data Crime, Philip Marlowe, Health Data Breaches, Health Reform, Health Privacy, Politics News

Organized crime -- or even disorganized crime -- has no place in the world of healthcare.

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Guest Blogger, William Pomerantz: Our Robotic Overlords

Peter Diamandis | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Xprize, FIRST Robotics National Championship, William Pomerantz, Robots, Google Lunar X Prize, X Prize, Politics News

With kids like these, the future will always look bright, no matter how dark the present seems. The world needs a generation of champions for change, and that's exactly what today's youth are.

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Guest Blogger, Dwayne Spradlin: The Effects of Implementing an Open Innovation Culture

Peter Diamandis | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Xprize, Innovation, Incentive2innovate, Dwayne Spradlin, X Prize, I2i, Innocentive, Business News

Diversity of thought and access to vast networks of qualified minds will become the valuable currency, replacing the closed monolithic approaches that define many of today's organizations.

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Guest Blogger, Charlie Brown: Opening a New Door

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Charlie Brown, X Prize, Ashoka, Incentive2innovate, Collaboration, I2i, Innovation, Changemakers, Media News

The market place makes it hard for us to discover solutions. Ashoka has been finding these solutions in the form of social entrepreneurs for nearly 30 years in every corner of the globe.

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Guest Blogger, Marthin de Beer: Innovation From Around the World

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Peter Diamandis, X Prize, Innovation, Marthin De Beer, Incentive2innovate, Collaboration, I2i, Business News

I've often said that the "wisdom of crowds" will allow us to look beyond our own walls and borders, and enable us to harness new ideas that we may not have known existed in our own backyard.

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Guest Blogger, Don Tapscott: Encouraging Fresh Thinking from Today's Youth

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: X Prize, Flat Classroom Project, Don Tapscott, Education, Media News

Schools have not embraced digital technologies as quickly as other institutions, and students are becoming disengaged as a result.

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Meet Shmeat: Test-Tube Meat

Grist | Lou Bendrick | Posted 01.10.2009 | 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 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Competition, Environment, X Prize Foundation, Contest, Energy, X Prize, Green, Green Living, Green News

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 11.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Lincoln, Energy, LincVolt, Automotive X-Prize, Electric Vehicles, X Prize, Mercedes, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Environment, X Prize Foundation, Neil Young, Lincoln Continental, Transportation, Green News

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 11.18.2008 | Green

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

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 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: X Prize, The Giving Life, Living News

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 03.28.2008 | Living

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

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 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, X Prize, Living News

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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