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Space Adventures, Craig Venter and Livedoor new members of XPrize foundation
May 2, 2005 17: 26 EST
Since Rutan bagged the 10 million X Prize, the X Prize Foundation (XPF) and the World Technology Network (WTN) have been working on a series of new technology prizes, the WTN X PRIZES "Holy Grail" Competitions. These might include cures for major diseases, teleportation, molecular assemblers, cold fusion and a wide variety of others with truly major societal implications.
Wild horses
Today, the X PRIZE Foundation elected three new members to its Board of Trustees: J Craig Venter (Celera) Eric Anderson (Space Adventures), and Takafumi Horie (Livedoor).
Space Adventures
Founded in 1998 by Eric Anderson (32) of Denver, Colo., Space Adventures is the only company currently accepting deposits from suborbital clients, currently totaling over $2,000,000 (USD). Previously, Eric was the co-founder of Starport.com, an astronaut-endorsed space education and entertainment web site (Starport.com was sold to SPACE.com in June 2000).
Craig Venter
Founder of Celera Genomics, Craig Venter (58) of Salt Lake City, became famous for running a Human Genome Project on its own for commercial purposes, using shotgun sequencing technology in 1999. DNA from 10 individuals was used by Celera to generate the sequence of the human genome; one of the donators was Venter.
Livedoor
Takafumi Horie (32) from Japan, is running a young internet company, Livedoor, currently making headlines for attempting a hostile takeover of Nippon Broadcasting System (NBS), and Fuji TV. The Financial Times described it as "one of Japan’s best soap operas in years" and Lehman Brothers’ bank financed it. Up to 60% of the Japanese public is approving of Takafumi however, and the courts have backed it three times.
The World Technology Network (WTN) is comprised of over 800 individuals and organizations from over 50 countries nominated and judged by their peers to be the most innovative in the technology world. The organization brings key players together to assist in jumpstarting important technological breakthroughs.
Members of the X PRIZE Board are: Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman; Anousheh Ansari, Amir Ansari, Jack Bader, Richard Garriott, Ron Henges, William Holekamp, Kevin Kalkhoven, Byron Lichtenberg, Erik Lindbergh, Gregg Maryniak, Diane Murphy, Elon Musk, Larry Page, Adeo Ressi, Richard Sugden, Barry Thompson, Dennis Tito, Robert Weiss, J Craig Venter, Eric Anderson.
Image courtesy of the XPrize foundation
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