Using prizes to spur innovation
MIT Professor Fiona Murray produces concrete guidelines on designing and executing Grand Innovation Prizes.
Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid
With 20 years’ notice, paint pellets could cause an asteroid to veer off course.
Lincoln Laboratory-discovered asteroid needs a new name
NASA, in partnership with the lab and others, opens naming content to students.
Essmart Global awarded grand prize in Dell Social Innovation Competition
MIT IDEAS Global Challenge team wins $50,000 in international competition.
CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student Prizes
CourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
IDEAS Global Challenge coordinator discusses intersection of innovation and public service
Facilitated by Kate Mytty, competition will award up to $10,000 per team next month.
Chancellor concludes review of 2011 Clean Energy Prize
Finds rules were not broken, but competition needs improvements, including better guidelines on public presentations
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa
Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Imagínate
Creating professional development opportunities for university students in Mexico.