Latest Ansari X Prize Stories
PLAYA VISTA, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- EDV Technologies from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA, has been named the Grand Prize winner of the DASH+ student contest. More than 10,000 online votes representing all 50 states were combined with scores from an independent panel of expert judges to determine which semi-finalist team would travel to Detroit this summer to pitch their dashboard of the future to automotive industry representatives. To view the multimedia assets...
FREE EVENT SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MAY 29 ST. LOUIS, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Saint Louis Science Center will host a free, open to the public, community science day this Saturday, May 29 to give visitors a unique experience exploring vehicle technologies and energy efficiency. The event will feature interactive presentations, an "Under the Hood" activity cart with hands-on energy experiments, and an opportunity to view a vehicle from the Progressive Insurance Automotive X...
PLAYA VISTA, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- After months of planning, designing and collaborating, three teams of students from Santa Barbara, CA, San Jose, CA, and Dearborn, MI have been named semi-finalists in the DASH+ high school student contest that challenges students to use their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills and their creativity to design an eco-friendly automotive dashboard of the future. An independent panel of expert judges chose the three semi-finalist...
LANSING, Mich., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Alias, a prototype electric sports car from ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP), has qualified for the Shakedown stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) competition for 100 MPG equivalent and above cars now underway at Michigan International Speedway (MIS). The innovative all-electric ZAP Alias will appear this Thursday, April 29th, during kick-off ceremonies for the PIAXP at the Michigan state capitol in Lansing....
Vehicles From Around the Globe Begin Performance Testing Today in Pursuit of the Multimillion Dollar Cash Prize for Super Fuel Efficient Cars **Celebratory Kickoff Event Planned at Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 29** BROOKLYN, Mich., April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, 28 teams, representing 36 super fuel efficient vehicles from across the globe will begin arriving at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, MI to officially start on-track performance testing for...
Company to Implement a Signature Data Acquisition System to Transmit Feedback on the Performance of Competition Vehicles in Real Time. PLAYA VISTA, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The X PRIZE Foundation today announced details of a unique partnership with Illinois-based MOREY Corporation to benefit the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, safe and super fuel-efficient vehicles. MOREY, an innovative...
NASA will honor the achievements of the 2009 Centennial Challenges prize winners and competition hosts with a technical symposium Feb. 25 and a recognition ceremony Feb. 26. Centennial Challenges is NASA's program of technology prizes for the citizen-inventor. Nine prizes totaling $3.65 million were awarded in 2009. Both events will be held at the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW, Washington.The Centennial Challenges Technical Symposium will take place...
DENVER, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Giant Leap, a space exploration company competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, has officially announced the appointment of Chris Pavlovski as their Director of Marketing. Mr. Pavlovski is currently the CEO of JMG - Jolt Media Group Ltd., a privately held digital media company based in Toronto, Canada. Chris is a veteran in online marketing and advertising. At JMG, Chris works with various advertising agencies and companies including Warner Bros.,...
$10 Million Competition for Super Fuel Efficient Vehicles Announces Partnership with Michigan Economic Development Corporation to Host Multi-Stage On-Track Challenges DETROIT, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE has chosen the state of Michigan to host an intense multi-stage competition that aims to pit some of the world's most fuel efficient vehicles against one another in a quest to win their share of a $10 million prize purse. Fifty-one super...
NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.NASA's Centennial Challenges program will give a $1 million first prize to Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., and a $500,000 second prize to Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Tex., for their Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge flights. The competition was managed by the X PRIZE Foundation. The Northrop...
