Nokia Sensing Competition Final Teams, Daniel Kraft’s Insightful Views on Early Detection, and More

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XPRIZE Foundation Newsletter   |   August 08, 2013   SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER »     MAKE A DONATION » In This Issue Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE Final Teams Selected XPRIZE Insights - Detecting Disease at Stage Zero Lunar Roundup: Launch Talks and Other Progress CEO’s Corner – Top 5 Benefits of Crowd Funding Google Lunar XPRIZE Team Spotlight – Team Puli Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE Final Teams Selected The final 12 teams for first competition in the $2.25 million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE have been selected. They hail from all over the world and will compete for the  $525,000 Grand Prize and up to five Distinguished Awards, each valued at $120,000.  The Awards Ceremony is set for October 2 at the Health 2.0 Conference in Silicon Valley. More »   Foundation News   XPRIZE Insights - Detecting Disease at Stage Zero Daniel Kraft talks about the need to shift our healthcare system away from treating disease at stage four, toward early detection and prevention at stage zero. XPRIZE Insights is a video series that highlights leading thinkers of our time.More »   Lunar Roundup: Launch Talks and Other Progress Team Euroluna entered into talks with India for their launch! While team Stellar picked a new landing site (it's a popular destination), Synergy Moon announced a call for Moon artists, and several teams shared food for thought. More »   CEO’s Corner – Top 5 Benefits of Crowd Funding In this blog, I’m continuing my conversation with Chance Barnett, founder of Crowdfunder. Here, he outlines the top five major benefits that he expects from the JOBS Act and the crowd funding industry. More »   Google Lunar XPRIZE Team Spotlight – Team Puli Team Puli is a small team based out of Hungary. Building upon their small country's previous scientific achievements, they hope to develop a conceptually novel lunar lander rover. Leader Tibor Pacher is relying on his engineer's cleverness, endurance and a little luck to become a prominent player in the growing international space industry. More »   XPRIZE on Huffington Post Huge Smartphone Sensors Set To Revolutionize Science The latest Nokia smartphone, the 1020, comes with a massive 41 megapixel camera. Begging the question, is it a phone or a camera? This is the wrong question. All phones are cameras. All cameras are phones - or will be. Soon they will all have WiFi or the ability to connect to the Internet. More »   Supporter Spotlight Welcome to the Innovation Board! Steven Funk has joined our Innovation Board as a founding member! Steven is an entrepreneur and philanthropist with a strong passion for microfinance & putting dignity in the place of poverty.  As a member of the Innovation Board, Steven will help XPRIZE lay out the Grand Challenges addressed at our annual Visioneering. Welcome to the Board, Steven! Join Us at XPRIZE Chief Revenue Officer:  Blaze new trails and drive XPRIZE’s corporate and philanthropic fundraising efforts Program Director - Global Development:  Lead and design our future Global Development prizes Systems Administrator/Help Desk Specialist:  Help drive our success at XPRIZE   XPRIZE In The News COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM:  Patient, Heal Thyself THE ENGINEER:  Tailored treatments: sensors for personalised medicine MANUFACTURING.NET:  Human-Powered Choppers And ‘Useless’ Prizes THE ECONOMIST:  To boldly go with the Tricorder XPRIZE POLITICO:  XPrize sets designs on Washington…   Around The Web DALLAS NEWS:  Plano resident uses space experience as motivational tool MASHABLE:  Take a Look at Space Suits of the Future NEW YORK TIMES:  A City That Turns Garbage Into Energy Copes With a Shortage       Unsubscribe Instantly » Manage Subscription »     You are currently subscribed to the XPRIZE Foundation newsletter as uaobeche.ogaji2@blogger.com subscribe | xprize.org | unsubscribe | privacy policy | update preferences Copyright © 2013, XPRIZE Foundation. All rights reserved.   The XPRIZE Foundation | 5510 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 100 | Playa Vista, California 90094