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X PRIZE Foundation

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Type: Organization

Name: X PRIZE Foundation

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Washington University professor steers X Prize to Alzheimer’s

A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments — and potentially a cure — for Alzheimer’s ... [Published New York Business Journal - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Washington University, Alzheimer's Disease, X PRIZE Foundation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

X Prize to provide incentive for Alzheimer’s cure

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Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Dean Ornish, X PRIZE Foundation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

X Prize Eyes New Contests for Spaceflight Innovation

SAN MATEO, Calif. The organization whose big-money prizes helped get the private spaceflight industry off the ground isn't done issuing high-profile challenges to spur exploration of the final frontier.The nonprofit X Prize Foundation, which awarded $10 ... [Published Space.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Space Travel, X PRIZE Foundation, Raymond Orteig

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

X PRIZE Foundation

X PRIZE: The World's Top Space Makers, Innovators Compete

Gregg Maryniak Co-founder, X PRIZE FoundationGregg Maryniak, one of the co-founders of the X PRIZE Foundation, shares how the original Ansari X PRIZE challenged the world's top makers and innovators to take on private human spaceflight. The parallels ... [Published FORA.tv - May 20 2013]

Entities: Human Spaceflight, X PRIZE Foundation, Aviation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Discovery 2013 OCE confab features new mobile showcase

TORONTO – Some of Ontario’s best and brightest minds will be showing off their newest ideas, innovations and solutions at the eighth annual Discovery 2013 innovation conference and tradeshow at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre May 27 and 28.Describing ... [Published Cartt.ca - May 17 2013]

Entities: Océ, Invention, Peter Diamandis

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Futurist to make Canadian debut at OCE's Discovery

Dr. Peter Diamandis, noted futurist, X Prize founder and New York Times best-selling author will make his first Canadian appearance as the opening-day keynote speaker at OCE's Discovery conference, which takes place May 27-28 at the Metro Toronto Convention ... [Published Electronic Products and Technology - May 11 2013]

Entities: Peter Diamandis, Futurist, Invention

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

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The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next visionary challenge

There have been many critical moments in the history of space exploration -- Sputnik in 1957, Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Neil Armstrong in 1969 -- but if you look back over the history of manned happenings outside of the atmosphere, almost all of these moments ... [Published Blodic.us - May 11 2013]

Entities: Visionary, Brian Binnie, Burt Rutan, X PRIZE Foundation, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

XPRIZE: (Nearly) Unlimited Water

By Ramez Naam This is Part Three of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost our access to energy, food, water, raw materials, and human population. All are based on his new ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 07 2013]

Entities: Ramez Naam, X PRIZE Foundation, Singularity University

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Dr. Peter Diamandis and ‘e-Patient Dave’ deBronkart keynote SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference

Senior health care, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health plan executives discuss using analytics to improve health care CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 10TH ANNUAL SAS HEALTH CARE & LIFE SCIENCES EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE – Health care reform is changing ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 07 2013]

Entities: SAS Institute Inc, Peter Diamandis, Life Science, Health Care, X PRIZE Foundation

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Help save humanity in 'After Earth' Challenge

Space.comThe creators of the new sci-fi movie "" have launched a competition to encourage creative teenagers to dream up visions to make the world a better place. The "" Challenge, sponsored in part by the X Prize Foundation, involves two phases that ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: X PRIZE Foundation, M. Night Shyamalan, Mindstorms, Jaden Smith

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

X Prize Founder, Best-Selling Author and Futurist Peter Diamandis to Make Canadian Speaking Debut at

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/01/13 -- Dr. Peter Diamandis, noted futurist, X Prize founder and New York Times best-selling author will make his first Canadian appearance as the opening-day keynote speaker at OCE's Discovery conference."We are ... [Published PR inside - May 01 2013]

Entities: Peter Diamandis, Océ, Futurist, Invention

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

>Innovation depends on the X factor

When I was learning the alphabet, the letters A, B, C and (just maybe) D were the most memorable. Still, X, Y and Z also stood out, like Uranus, Neptune and Pluto among the planets the last (and so most mysterious) in a sequence. Later, as the new economy ... [Published Director - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: X Factor, Invention, Google X Labs

Quotes

...It has also been confirmed that Lisa Nichols will host a complimentary pre-event workshop for Awesomeness Fest East attendees entitled "How to Win in Your Business and Create Long-Term Success" . Being a not-for-profit event, this year’s proceeds will go to the X PRIZE Foundation, an educational 501(c)(3) organization, whose mission is to help...

The World’s Most Awesome Festival Expands to the East this August 2013 in Bali, Indonesia. [Published PRWeb - 4 hours ago]

"Today's urine tests are really hard to use and the results are not easy to interpret," said Aaron Rowe, research director at Scanadu. "Scanaflo will make it simple for pregnant women to monitor themselves for complications between appointments with their doctor."

Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA approval [Published Engadget - May 22 2013]

...on the deflection of dangerous asteroids; the cheap and efficient removal of space junk; and reduction in the cost of suborbital research flights. "Developing a very-low-cost, robust capability to take scientific instruments to the edge of space (200,000 feet) on a dedicated basis will shepherd in a new era of low-cost flight for academic and corporate R&D" the X Prize website states

X Prize Eyes New Contests for Spaceflight Innovation [Published Space.com - May 20 2013]

...Diamandis. "I look forward to sharing my messages and hopefully inspiring people to think big."

Futurist to make Canadian debut at OCE's Discovery [Published Electronic Products and Technology - May 11 2013]

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The World’s Most Awesome Festival Expands to th... [Published PRWeb - 4 hours ago]
Washington University professor steers X Prize ... [Published New York Business Journal - 15 hours ago]
The HICCup Manifesto [Published Project Syndicate - 22 hours ago]
X Prize to provide incentive for Alzheimer’s cure [Published WUSTL Medicine & Healthcare News - May 23 2013]
Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants... [Published Engadget - May 22 2013]
Scanadu Packs More Features Into Scanadu Scout™... [Published BioPortfolio - May 22 2013]
X Prize Eyes New Contests for Spaceflight Innov... [Published Space.com - May 20 2013]
X PRIZE: The World's Top Space Makers, Innovato... [Published FORA.tv - May 20 2013]
Discovery 2013 OCE confab features new mobile s... [Published Cartt.ca - May 17 2013]
Diamonds from IGI to conquer the final frontier [Published National Jeweler - May 16 2013]
Faceboook CEO Plays With Fire, Gets Burned [Published Triple Pundit - May 13 2013]
Futurist to make Canadian debut at OCE's Discovery [Published Electronic Products and Technology - May 11 2013]
The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Blodic.us - May 11 2013]
The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013]
XPRIZE: (Nearly) Unlimited Water [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 07 2013]
Dr. Peter Diamandis and ‘e-Patient Dave’ deBron... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 07 2013]
Dr. Peter Diamandis and 'e-Patient Dave' deBron... [Published I Stock Analyst - May 07 2013]
On the exponential curve: inside Singularity Un... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 06 2013]
Help save humanity in 'After Earth' Challenge [Published NBCNews.com - May 02 2013]
Joe Downtown: How's this for mixology? Stops on... [Published Las Vegas Sun - May 02 2013]
X Prize Founder, Best-Selling Author and Futuri... [Published PR inside - May 01 2013]
X Prize Founder, Best-Selling Author and Futuri... [Published Market Wire - May 01 2013]
>Innovation depends on the X factor [Published Director - Apr 30 2013]
Introducing 'WSJ Startup of the Year' [Published Dow Jones & Company, Inc. - Apr 29 2013]
SDSU building 'Star Trek' tricorder [Published U-T San Diego - Apr 27 2013]
May – Briefs/Finance [Published Commercial Property Executive - Apr 25 2013]
To the moon and back with design [Published Develop 3D - Apr 19 2013]
X PRIZE Foundation: Ingestible, Implantable, or... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 19 2013]
Singularity University Schedules New FutureMed ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 18 2013]
NEW FUTUREMED PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER 3-... [Published Singularity University - Apr 18 2013]

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X Prize to provide incentive for Alzheimer’s cure [Published WUSTL Medicine & Healthcare News - May 23 2013] This section contains dynamic content that cannot be displayed in edit mode. Click the button below to edit this content. %3Ciframe%20width%3D%22470%22%20height%3D%22315%22%20src%3D%22http%3A//www.youtube.com/embed/461H8hM0Amg%3Frel%3D0%22%20framebo ...
Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants... [Published Engadget - May 22 2013] We first saw a prototype of Scout, the tricorder and companion app built by Scanadu for the Tricorder X-prize competition late last year. Today, the company is unveiling Scout's final version and launching an Indiegogo campaign to let folks order Scout ...
The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013] There have been many critical moments in the history of space exploration -- Sputnik in 1957, Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Neil Armstrong in 1969 -- but if you look back over the history of manned happenings outside of the atmosphere, almost all of these ...
XPRIZE: (Nearly) Unlimited Water [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 07 2013] By Ramez Naam This is Part Three of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost our access to energy, food, water, raw materials, and human population. All are based on his new ...
NEW FUTUREMED PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER 3-... [Published Singularity University - Apr 18 2013] MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (April 15, 2013) — Singularity University (SU) today announced a new FutureMed (FutureMed2020.com) to be held this November 3-6 at Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA. FutureMed is a widely acclaimed specialized interactive program ...

Press Releases

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NEW FUTUREMED PROGRAM ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 3-6, 2... [Published CisionWire - English - Apr 15 2013]
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