New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
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By , on October 19th, 2011 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , ,  

Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize

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Racing to the Bottom: Exploring the Deepest Point on Earth
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By , on July 26th, 2011 Leave a comment   Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , ,  

Nice write up at the Atlantic about the X Prize for visiting the Challenger Deep. The story covers Richard Branson’s Virgin Oceanic, James Cameron’s Deep Challenge Team, and Bruce Jone’s Triton Submarines. Branson‘s, Cameron‘s, and Jone‘s efforts have been covered here at DSN. Now, more than 50 years later, humans are nearly ready to return . . . → Read More: Racing to the Bottom: Exploring the Deepest Point on Earth

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Clean Up the Gulf Win a Few Million Dollars
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By , on June 30th, 2010 3 comments   Oil Spills   ,  

From gCaptain… Just yesterday, speaking at the TedxOilSpill Conference in Washington, D.C., Francis Beland, VP, Prize Development at the X Prize Foundation, announced it’s plans to offer the next multi-million dollar X Prize to an innovation that helps clean up the shorelines and oil fouled water in the Gulf of Mexico.