Progress through Challenges

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09/17/2010

Sep. 17, 2010

Progress through Challenges

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If you need to spark creativity -- is the best approach to offer a prize? The US government is one backer of such challenge-based research. It recently unveiled Challenge.gov, a director of government-sponsored research contests. Prizes are available for everything from developing better laundry techniques for use in space, to designing more effective public health campaigns. We'll talk about encouraging ingenuity through contests and prizes -- and we'll also hear from the winner of the Progressive Automotive X Prize, a major prize awarded this week for advances in car efficiency.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

Thomas Kalil
Deputy Director for Policy

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Washington DC
Oliver Kuttner
Winner, Automotive X-Prize

Creator, The Very Light Car

CEO, Edison2

Lynchburg, Virginia

Sep. 17, 2010