Comments on: Accelerating Innovation http://scienceprogress.org/2009/04/accelerating-innovation/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael F. Sarabia http://scienceprogress.org/2009/04/accelerating-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-4901 Michael F. Sarabia Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:46:47 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=2652#comment-4901 Open contest to build the software to run an auto assembly line Simulation for the Hunda or Toyota Hybrid car. The winner would be the design that uses the fewest number of assembly people and quality assurance people and produces up to 10 cars per hour. Open contest to build the software to run an auto assembly line Simulation for the Hunda or Toyota Hybrid car.
The winner would be the design that uses the fewest number of assembly people and quality assurance people and produces up to 10 cars per hour.

]]> By: Michael F. Sarabia http://scienceprogress.org/2009/04/accelerating-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-4900 Michael F. Sarabia Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:41:25 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=2652#comment-4900 Yes, it would be good if we could teach innovation K-12 and simply sit back and wait. But, where are the textbooks to teach that? Can we actually train an Alber Einstein? We could waste a lot of money and time trying. Let's repeat the proven ways that have been used. 1. DARPA uses contests to get worldwide participation to reach specific goals. It does not wastes a penny trying to tell participants what to build nor how to win the contest. 2. We could have a more secure world by inviting anyone to break into an isolated computer network using any manner of bugs to break into the system and alter line 200 in the command code, or some such. All able to do it within a week would get $10,000. 3. Promote pre-fabricated homes in a contest to build a home that would "look like" one in a photograph. All the pre-fabrication done within a week and the house to be assembled in one day. The fastest gets $10,000,000 The Second fastest gets $5,000,000. The third $1,000,000 4. Design, build and drive an electric hybrid car from either coast to Denver, Col. Maximum fuel available 20 Gallons of Diesel fuel. The winners would be the top three fastest and the prizes be 10, 5 and 1 Million dollars. Yes, it would be good if we could teach innovation K-12 and simply sit back and wait.
But, where are the textbooks to teach that?
Can we actually train an Alber Einstein?
We could waste a lot of money and time trying.
Let’s repeat the proven ways that have been used.
1. DARPA uses contests to get worldwide participation to reach specific goals. It does not wastes a penny trying to tell participants what to build nor how to win the contest.

2. We could have a more secure world by inviting anyone to break into an isolated computer network using any manner of bugs to break into the system and alter line 200 in the command code, or some such. All able to do it within a week would get $10,000.

3. Promote pre-fabricated homes in a contest to build a home that would “look like” one in a photograph.
All the pre-fabrication done within a week and the house to be assembled in one day. The fastest gets $10,000,000
The Second fastest gets $5,000,000. The third $1,000,000

4. Design, build and drive an electric hybrid car from either coast to Denver, Col. Maximum fuel available 20 Gallons of Diesel fuel. The winners would be the top three fastest and the prizes be 10, 5 and 1 Million dollars.

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