A Lindbergh Flies Again
by Photo provided courtesy of the X Prize Foundation. Erik Lindbergh inside The New Spirit of St. Louis. Photo provided courtesy of the X Prize Foundation. View Photo GalleryErik Lindbergh, the...
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View ArticleGoogle Sponsors $30 Million Lunar X Prize
This year, the X Prize Foundation is pointing its magic wand squarely at the Moon. The Peter Diamandis-led group announced the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize today, a competition for privately funded...
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View ArticleA Lindbergh Flies Again
Erik Lindbergh, the 36-year-old grandson of the legendary "Lone Eagle," took off at about 12:16 p.m. Eastern time from Farmingdale, Long Island, on Wednesday May 1, slightly…
View ArticleHot Rocket Planes From the X Prize Cup Showcase
The X Prize Cup, an annual rocket race and showcase set to touch down every October in Las Cruces, New Mexico, held its inaugural gathering on October 9. Founder Peter…
View ArticleGoogle Sponsors $30 Million Lunar X Prize
This year, the X Prize Foundation is pointing its magic wand squarely at the Moon. The Peter Diamandis-led group announced the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize today, a…
View ArticleKurzweil + Google = Learnin'
Ever wonder what would happen if the world's top minds came together to establish a university? It's time to find out. NASA and Google have teamed up with leading science and…
View ArticleWinner of Million-Dollar X Challenge Cleans Up Oil Spills Three Times Better...
Last summer, as sweet crude oil gushed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, the overriding emotion was one of frustration. It wasn't just directed at the well owner, BP, or at…
View Article'Future First': Artificial Intelligence Will Improve The World
Technology A.I. will be your nurse, your teacher, and more Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies that make us say "The Future Is Now" in a video series called...
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Health The "molecular scissors" are helping scientists to edit DNA Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies that make us say "The Future Is Now" in a video series...
View Article'Future First': Where Are All The Aliens?
Space Why haven't we seen signs of complex extraterrestrial life? Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies that make us say "The Future Is Now" in a video series...
View Article'Future First': This Is Your Brain On VR
Technology Virtual reality is paving the way for new technological therapeutics Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies that make us say "The Future Is Now" in a...
View ArticleA Lindbergh Flies Again
Cars Seventy-five years after Charles Lindbergh shrank the globe by flying his single-engine Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic, another Lindbergh has piloted a small single-engine craft from New...
View ArticleHot Rocket Planes From the X Prize Cup Showcase
Technology While the rocket races will have to wait a year, inventors showed off plenty of private space technology at this year's X Prize Cup showcase The X Prize Cup, an annual rocket race and...
View ArticleGoogle Sponsors $30 Million Lunar X Prize
Technology This year, the X Prize Foundation is pointing its magic wand squarely at the Moon. The Peter Diamandis-led group announced the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize today, a… This year, the X...
View ArticleKurzweil + Google = Learnin'
Science NASA, Google and other top thinkers establish university for future leaders Ever wonder what would happen if the world's top minds came together to establish a university? It's time to find...
View ArticleWinner of Million-Dollar X Challenge Cleans Up Oil Spills Three Times Better...
Technology The second-place finalist did a little more than half that well Last summer, as sweet crude oil gushed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, the overriding emotion was one of frustration. It...
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