147 teams will compete for $5 million in the IBM Watson AI XPrize

The XPrize program is no stranger to moon shots. From capturing carbon to cleaning water — even literal trips to the moon and Star Trek-style tricorders — the contest seeks the boldest solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges. That tradition continues in the company’s latest competition, the IBM Watson AI XPrize, in which 147 teams from […]

Here’s the Star Trek Tricorder that won the $3 million Qualcomm Xprize

Basil Harris is like a real-world Dr. McCoy. He and his small team at Final Frontier Medical Devices have created a Star Trek Tricorder, like the fictional one that Bones McCoy carried around in the TV series decades ago. And they did such a good job in their five-year journey that they recently won a […]