Microsoft is having a contest for your ideas. 12 entrants will actually develop their ideas.
It begins with contestants submitting their cool ideas for projects built with Express, and completes when 12 selected finalists complete their projects and compete head-to-head with each other. The Grand Prize winner walks away with $10,000.
Oops. The rules state that the idea phase just ended. "The Idea Phase of the Contest begins 12:01 a.m. (PT) on March 13, 2006 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2006."
You still have time to enter the Darpa Challenge!
Teams will compete to build an autonomous vehicle able to complete a 60-mile urban course safely in less than 6 hours.
For track A, $1million development funds are available; for track B, $100,000 is available.
One way involves teams submitting a detailed proposal for up to $1 million of technology development funds in response to a DARPA solicitation. The Government will obtain limited license rights to technologies developed using this funding.
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The second track is similar to that used for Grand Challenge 2005: teams will submit applications and participate in a series of qualification activities. Each team that participates as a semi-finalist in the National Qualification Event (NQE) will be awarded $50,000. Each team that is successful at NQE will receive $100,000 and compete in the Urban Challenge final event.
Details on competing for funding are available.
I so want to do this!
