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Stimulate innovation with $100m

Guardian Unlimited | Science | The prize: $10m. To win, just solve these science problems

First there was the Ansari X prize and now... well Human Genome mapping, Environmentally friendly cars and Orbital space flight. Its one way to generate innovation. Perhaps the government should shift their funding to this model? Its fascinating what the X foundation want to see developed.

Very high risk but great rewards - just ask Burt Rutan.