I'm surprised I didn't hear about this sooner (or pay attention to
the many emails, so many of which fall out of my overflowing inbox).
This is huge for us. Surely at least one of the many technologies we
are tracking could qualify. Let the leading inventors know.
Excerpt:
XPRIZE is a nonprofit founded by futurist Peter Diamandis which
offers prizes to incentivize innovation. Below is a video clip from
this year’s XPRIZE “Visioneering Workshop” at which the conferencees
voted that “Forbidden Energy” should be what the prize should be for
this year.
XPRIZE board member Barry Thompson explains that today there
is an ‘inquisition of scientific mindsets’ that is holding back
breakthroughs in science. He mentions that scientists consider that
energy sources like cold fusion, zero-point energy are possible, but
that in reality no one can investigate it in academia because of
blacklisting and a code of silence surrounding these unpopular
topics.
This year XPRIZE is offering $20 million to the first team that
can produce ‘substantive energy generation’ from an ‘entirely new
method’ twice in two weeks.
In history, this is likely to be recognized as perhaps the most
significant development in exotic free energy this year.
Each year, corporate leaders, philanthropists, heads of
innovation and XPRIZE Trustees gather for a multi-day Visioneering
meetup to brainstorm, debate, and prioritize which of the world's
Grand Challenges might be solved through incentivized competition.