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Ideas include pitting communities against one another to win cash by cutting energy use, a project to invent non-toxic batteries and an ambitious bid to make all US homes produce their own electricity.
133 contestants submitted their vision for the X Prize, which were whittled down to three by a panel that scored them on creativity, impact and viability. Voting closes 30 November 2008.
Here's one of the finalists with "the capacitor challenge", looking at batteries made from eco materials. Software, Video, Google, YouTube, Eco
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25 November 2008 15:15 GMT / By Adam Vaughan
Three YouTubers are competing to win a $25,000 (£16,546) prize for eco innovation. The winner of the "What's your Crazy Green Idea?" contest, organised by the X Prize Foundation, will be decided by a public vote.Ideas include pitting communities against one another to win cash by cutting energy use, a project to invent non-toxic batteries and an ambitious bid to make all US homes produce their own electricity.
133 contestants submitted their vision for the X Prize, which were whittled down to three by a panel that scored them on creativity, impact and viability. Voting closes 30 November 2008.
Here's one of the finalists with "the capacitor challenge", looking at batteries made from eco materials. Software, Video, Google, YouTube, Eco
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