let me see...hmmm..

we are now paying private companies to innovate? We are using the former gold standard of engineering education, MIT, to provide what is now left of their cache to run this game contest? too bad Soupy Sales is dead he could have M'ceed the event. Let me see why not sell these ideas to a another country or a foreign company for more money? heck, when prostitutes go to the street it doesn't matter who is paying for the trick it matters how much. way to go MIT.

"All funds awarded must be used to launch a U.S. business ...", which will shortly thereafter
move its manufacturing division to China.

I don’t get it. What if all the ideas are not worthy, does someone still get the money?

You would think that MIT would be able to identify where technically there exists a need, and add some parameters to measure etc…

Bulk energy storage comes to mind. Without bulk energy storage, renewable energy is useless as a stand-alone power source.

It sounds more of a publicity stunt than a serious engineering educational endeavor.

They look like "is that how you change a lightbulb?wow"

How about BUILDING the WIND TURBINES on the CAPE ...now thats a innovated IDEA OPS forgot thats COMMON SENSE.....sorry MIT

Gee I failed to See KERRY ,sucking up to the Blessed ONE --ASK HIM WHY he is pulling all stops, to STOP the CAPE COD WIND TRUBINE - THE TWO faced Scumbag

I got to stop this stuff---ASK the MIT professor's DID they READ the BACK of a ...NEW inovation --FLORECENT BULBS - MURCURY and what to do if it BREAKS and HOW to dispose of it ??????you have to call the EPA .

Base on the photo, apparently professor slocum was the only one that got the memo about "hawaiian shirt friday"

The professor on Gilligan's Island would win the prize with a few coconuts and some hemp.

Okay, watch what happens when I hold this lighter up against this sprinkler head.