Sea floor exploration X Prize announced

Posted on 16 Dec 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Teams will compete to map the ocean floor for the new X Prize. Image courtesy of X Prize.

A new X Prize has been announced which will encourage the development of technologies to explore the ocean floor.

Sponsored by oil extraction company Shell, the new X Prize will give teams to ability to compete for up to $7m in prize money should they fulfill a specific set of criteria. Officially called the ‘Shell Ocean Discovery X Prize’, the competition will seek to advance technologies for rapid and unmanned ocean exploration. “Our oceans…

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