Comments on: Prizes are back! http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave Bath http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201865 Dave Bath Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:19:11 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201865 <blockquote><em>Prizes are good things because if they succeed in eliciting an invention</em></blockquote> They are also good when they <em>aren't</em> claimed, such as the big prizes from skeptics associations for verifiable paranormal activity (i.e. they are unclaimed because ...)

Prizes are good things because if they succeed in eliciting an invention

They are also good when they aren’t claimed, such as the big prizes from skeptics associations for verifiable paranormal activity (i.e. they are unclaimed because …)

]]> By: Sacha http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201604 Sacha Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:02:07 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201604 There was the famous example of Richard Feynman offering a $1000 for the miniaturisation of a working motor (from memory) and perhaps another thing too. There was the famous example of Richard Feynman offering a $1000 for the miniaturisation of a working motor (from memory) and perhaps another thing too.

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201534 Nicholas Gruen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:08:23 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201534 Yep, I didn't forget. That was because he wasn't a gentleman! Yep, I didn’t forget. That was because he wasn’t a gentleman!

]]> By: The Worst of Perth http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201511 The Worst of Perth Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:13:28 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201511 Don't forget that the prize offerers tried every means to dud Harrison out of his prize. Don’t forget that the prize offerers tried every means to dud Harrison out of his prize.

]]> By: Patrick http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201369 Patrick Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:14:36 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/11/15/prizes-are-back/#comment-201369 Not to mention DARPA's <a href="http://www.speedace.info/darpa_defense_advanced_research_robotic_vehicles.htm" rel="nofollow">desert </a>and <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp" rel="nofollow">urban </a>challenges - offering a 1USD m prize to the winning vehicle to complete either (initially) a race through the desert, or (this year) a series of urban navigation challenges. Or the <a href="http://www.xprize.org/" rel="nofollow">X-prize</a> foundation, devoted to the same idea, with prizes thus far in <a href="http://genomics.xprize.org/" rel="nofollow">genomics</a>, <a href="http://auto.xprize.org/" rel="nofollow">automotive engine efficiency and sustainability</a> and <a href="http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/" rel="nofollow">lunar landings </a>(in partnership with, appropriately to your post, google), Not to mention DARPA’s desert and urban challenges – offering a 1USD m prize to the winning vehicle to complete either (initially) a race through the desert, or (this year) a series of urban navigation challenges.

Or the X-prize foundation, devoted to the same idea, with prizes thus far in genomics, automotive engine efficiency and sustainability and lunar landings (in partnership with, appropriately to your post, google),

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