http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/tag/x-prize-foundation 2013-05-10T18:00:18Z Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/innovating-women-leaning_b_3255623.html 2013-05-10T18:00:18Z 2013-05-13T14:26:58Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Vivek Wadhwa<br /> Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University.<br /> <br /> The technology industry has a gender problem. The vast majority o... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women">Women</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/glass-ceiling">Glass Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/equal-pay">Equal Pay</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/women">Women News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/mobile-health---the-revol_b_3254757.html 2013-05-10T15:13:41Z 2013-05-10T16:06:09Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By David Schafran<br /> David Schafran is co-founder and CEO of EyeNetra, Inc. He mixes entrepreneurship, technology, and humanism to super-humanize the wo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/mobile-devices">Mobile Devices</a>, <a href="/tag/health-testing">Health Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/health-sensors">Health Sensors</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-health">Digital Health</a>, <a href="/tag/sensors">Sensors</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/top-8-recommendations-for_b_3239301.html 2013-05-08T14:34:49Z 2013-05-08T14:41:28Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes. I had the pleasure to get from Steve his top eight recommendations for success. Here they are, all great pearls of wisdom that you can apply immediately. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/success">Success</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/steve-forbes">Steve Forbes</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/what-is-working-small-businesses">What-Is-Working-Small-Businesses</a>, <a href="/small-business">Small Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/nearly-unlimited-water_b_3232760.html 2013-05-07T17:51:10Z 2013-05-07T18:06:28Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Ramez Naam<br /> This is Part Three of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/clean-water">Clean Water</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/desalination">Desalination</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/nearly-unlimited-food_b_3204254.html 2013-05-02T18:14:19Z 2013-05-02T18:31:52Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Ramez Naam<br /> This is Part Two of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/food">Food</a>, <a href="/tag/sustainability">Sustainability</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/abundance">Abundance</a>, <a href="/tag/sustainable-farming">Sustainable Farming</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/the-long-awaited-revoluti_b_3187458.html 2013-04-30T15:17:03Z 2013-04-30T15:54:17Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Paul Sonnier<br /> Paul is Head of Digital Health Strategy at specialty consulting firm Popper and Company, Founder of the 16,000+ member Digital Health ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-sensors">Digital Sensors</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-revolution">Health Care Revolution</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-reform">Health Care Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/health-sensors">Health Sensors</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-health">Digital Health</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/nearly-unlimited-energy_b_3156749.html 2013-04-25T14:37:23Z 2013-04-25T15:15:47Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Ramez Naam<br /> This is Part One of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/abundance">Abundance</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-power">Solar Power</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/tag/sustainability">Sustainability</a>, <a href="/tag/clean-energy">Clean Energy</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/steve-forbes-advice-on-in_b_3156675.html 2013-04-25T14:20:08Z 2013-04-25T14:21:03Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ This is an interview with the man who knows more successful CEOs and billionaires than almost anyone else, and he shared with me some of what he learned in his encounters with them. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/forbes">Forbes</a>, <a href="/tag/steve-forbes">Steve Forbes</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/visioneering-the-future_b_3140307.html 2013-04-23T13:52:33Z 2013-04-23T13:43:13Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ This week at XPRIZE's Visioneering 2013, 120 of the world's visionary thinkers will gather for three days to discuss the world's grand challenges, and how we might solve them using incentive competitions. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/incentivized-competition">Incentivized Competition</a>, <a href="/tag/visioneering">Visioneering</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ingestible-implantable-or_b_3112159.html 2013-04-18T17:02:22Z 2013-04-18T18:46:13Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By George Skidmore, Ph.D.<br /> George Skidmore, Ph.D. is a physicist working in micro machines and nanotechnology. He is Principal Scientist at DRS Techno... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/implantable-sensors">Implantable Sensors</a>, <a href="/tag/xprize">Xprize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/nanotechnology">Nanotechnology</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/kevin-mitnick-the-hacking_b_3086154.html 2013-04-15T13:50:08Z 2013-04-15T17:17:24Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/hacking">Hacking</a>, <a href="/tag/hackers">Hackers</a>, <a href="/tag/cyber-security">Cyber Security</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/the-5-ways-local-motors-b_b_3056843.html 2013-04-10T20:08:08Z 2013-04-10T20:09:08Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ In this blog, I'm continuing my conversation with Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors, the open-source automotive design company. Here, Jay shares how he builds and engages his 30,000-person crowd. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/tag/local-motors">Local Motors</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/exponential-growth-in-sma_b_2972497.html 2013-03-28T12:46:10Z 2013-03-28T13:20:09Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By George Skidmore, Ph.D.<br /> George Skidmore, Ph.D. is a Physicist working in micro machines and nanotechnology. He is Principal Scientist at DRS Techno... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/moores-law">Moore&#039;s Law</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/sensing">Sensing</a>, <a href="/tag/nanotechnology">Nanotechnology</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/can-you-even-crowdsource_b_2965109.html 2013-03-27T14:14:53Z 2013-03-27T14:15:42Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/cars">Cars</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/silicon-valley-discrimina_b_2934203.html 2013-03-22T14:33:17Z 2013-03-22T15:10:23Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Vivek Wadhwa<br /> Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University.<br /> <br /> Visit any company in the Valley, and you'll see that it resembles... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/equality">Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/glass-ceiling">Glass Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/topcoders-5-steps-to-buil_b_2916499.html 2013-03-20T13:04:37Z 2013-03-20T12:53:52Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ TopCoder is the world's largest platform for digital open innovation, whose 445,000-plus members around the world compete to develop lines of code in return for prizes and recognition, resulting in great efficiencies of time and cost. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/topcoder">Topcoder</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/open-innovation">Open Innovation</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/want-to-innovate-break-yo_b_2908545.html 2013-03-19T12:53:10Z 2013-03-19T14:21:58Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Matt Hudson<br /> Matt Hudson, PhD is a chemical engineer working for Shell Aviation Technology who recently interned at the X PRIZE Foundation through ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gamechanger">Gamechanger</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/thinking-outside-the-box">Thinking Outside the Box</a>, <a href="/tag/shell-oil">Shell Oil</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/crowd-control-topcoders-3_b_2877061.html 2013-03-14T14:16:20Z 2013-03-14T13:50:57Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ I spoke with founder Jack Hughes, who filled me in on TopCoder's humble beginnings at a picnic table, and the way the company approaches its innovative contest-driven, gamified, crowdsourcing solutions. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/topcoder">Topcoder</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/tag/coding">Coding</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/can-a-cyborg-treat-us-bef_b_2861836.html 2013-03-12T14:17:42Z 2013-03-12T14:57:24Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Praveen Suthrum<br /> Praveen Suthrum is an alumnus of Singularity University and co-founder of NextServices.<br /> <br /> <br /> Even now I can see Dr. Hingorani telling ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/cyborg">Cyborg</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/healthcare">Healthcare</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-medicine">Digital Medicine</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/silicon-valleys-secrets-d_b_2861498.html 2013-03-12T13:33:03Z 2013-03-12T13:33:41Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ Because of the density of founders in Silicon Valley, people feel safe to try all sorts of projects, because if they fail they can move on to the next project. In fact, in Silicon Valley, people value failure as having trained them in that experience. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/second-life">Second Life</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="/small-business">Small Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/creating-a-company-withou_b_2838450.html 2013-03-08T13:42:52Z 2013-03-08T14:27:50Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, gave me a glimpse of his newest startup, called Coffee and Power, as well as his vision of the future of companies. A future where workers were far more independent and far more efficient. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/tag/coffee-and-power">Coffee and Power</a>, <a href="/tag/philip-rosedale">Philip Rosedale</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/forget-the-sequester-entr_b_2831888.html 2013-03-07T16:52:06Z 2013-03-07T17:17:35Z XPRIZE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/x-prize-foundation/ By Vivek Wadhwa<br /> Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University.<br /> <br /> Imagine a world with unlimited food, water, and energy--in which ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/prosperity">Prosperity</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/abundance">Abundance</a>, <a href="/tag/sequester">Sequester</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/singularity-university">Singularity University</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/second-life-how-a-virtual_b_2831270.html 2013-03-07T15:40:43Z 2013-03-07T15:42:02Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ I asked Philip Rosedale to summarize his lessons learned from creating Second Life. If you were advising an entrepreneur who wanted to do something as big and bold as Second Life, what are your top five pieces of advice -- what to do and what not to do? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/virtual-worlds">Virtual Worlds</a>, <a href="/tag/second-life">Second Life</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/5-steps-to-cutting-costs_b_2823100.html 2013-03-06T17:53:11Z 2013-03-06T17:53:40Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ I asked DIY Drones founder Chris Anderson to outline how a community can reduce the cost of product development by one or two orders of magnitude -- what are the advantages and pitfalls. Here's Anderson's list of five areas to keep in mind. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/diy">Diy</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/tag/open-source">Open Source</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/drones">Drones</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/the-diy-revolution----how_b_2812440.html 2013-03-05T13:21:13Z 2013-03-05T13:22:03Z Peter Diamandis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/ Chris Anderson started the DIY Drones community fueled by his enthusiasm around what he had discovered and what he hoped to do. Chief among his learning on making the community work was his willingness to be open, authentic and intimate. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/x-prize">X Prize</a>, <a href="/tag/crowdsourcing">Crowdsourcing</a>, <a href="/tag/diy">Diy</a>, <a href="/tag/open-source">Open Source</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X-Prize-Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/x-prize-foundation">X Prize Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-diamandis">Peter Diamandis</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/drones">Drones</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p>