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Prizes/Awards Offered for Free Energy Technology
Outside the Box
- Broadcast
Your Non-Profit Cause - YouTube has pledged $20 million over
two years to launch the YouTube Non-Profit Program, an initiative to
encourage non-profit organizations to design and create "brand
channels" to build communities, while raising awareness for their
cause. (TreeHugger; Oct. 4, 2007)
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- Three-Millionth Visit to
FreeEnergyNews.com Home Page Today - We will be giving away a
prize to the two people who come closest to being the 3,000,000th
visitor to our home page. Last year, the competition was
stiff. Read some of our company highlights from the past year. (FreeEnergyNews;
Sept. 14)
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- Overunity.com's
Prize Cache Growing - Forum moderator, Stefan Hartmann began
the initiative in March, 2007, putting $1,000 from ad revenue into a
kitty, which has now grown to $3,500 Euros; to be award to the first
person to satisfy the contest stipulations, which include a
willingness to open source the technology. (Overunity.com)
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Mainstream
- Scientists to
Vie for $25M Climate Prize - British tycoon Sir Richard
Branson has announced The Virgin Earth Challenge, which is a $25
million global science and technology prize that will be awarded to an
individual or a group who can demonstrate a design to reduce
atmospheric pollution and contribute to the stability of the earth's
climate. (PhysOrg; Feb. 9, 2007)
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- Modern
Marvels Invent Now Challenge - The History Channel is
sponsoring a contest for inventors. First place gets $25k.
100 honorable mentions. Application deadline Nov. 30, 2006.
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- How
About A 250-MPG Car? - The next X-Prize challenge will focus
on producing fuel-efficient low-pollution autos. But the X-Prize isn't
the only incentive being offered for energy development. (CBS / Christian
Science Monitor; May 13, 2006)
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- The
Next X-Prize: Rethinking the Automobile - X Prize's founder,
Peter Diamandis, wants the next prize to include the task of solving
some of the world's transportation problems. "Why do we still
drive cars that use an internal combustion engine and only get 30
miles per gallon?" (TreeHugger; Feb. 1, 2006)
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- American
Inventor with Simon Cowell - Series hosted by Simon Cowell and
the producers of American Idol premieres March 16, 2006. It
will feature a search for America's best new invention. (PESWiki;
Mar. 14, 2006)
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See also
Page created by Sterling
D. Allan Oct. 31, 2004
Last updated March 21, 2008
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