Having just turned 25, I, along with the rest of my generation, have grown up with vast and accelerated changes in technology and culture, the world in which we live is constantly changing and to a certain extent we have, or at least I have become immune to these changes. I understand that the computer program I am learning today will be obsolete tomorrow, and that I will never be able to watch another movie in anything other than 3D again. The immunity I have today however, does not prevent me from getting excited as I imagine what the world might be like in 20, 30 or 50 years.
This excitement, and wonder about what the future might hold is what fuels the X Prize foundation and its goals of innovation, technological breakthrough’s and experimentation through competition. The X Prize foundation may be most famous for is original competition, a competition which challenged participants to design, build and fly a private spacecraft out of earth’s atmosphere, and while this competition captured the imagination of society much like a Jules Verne novel might, it is the competitions which have come after that will have the most beneficial impact on our society, including competitions focused on healthcare, genomic sequencing, as well as more fuel efficient production automobiles. It is these types of competitions that will help to change the world and benefit society.
To find out more about the X Prize Foundation visit their website.
