Wednesday, October 10, 2018

XPRIZE Selects Test Site For Shell Ocean Discovery Prize

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE, a nonprofit which runs a series of prizes to encourage the development of technology to solve difficult world problems, says that it has selected a field testing location for its $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. According to the nonprofit, the deep sea off Kalamat, Greece, has been selected as the location for finalists teams to map, as part of the "Grand Prize" of the competition. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is aimed at developing rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery technology. The final phase of the prize challenges teams to map at least 250 km2 of ocean seafloor in up to 24 hours.

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