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  • Space Lab announces 60 finalists of ‘Send Students' Experiments into Space'. The competition received thousands of entries from more than 80 countries; US leads in number of finalists followed by India, Poland, Canada and Spain.

    9 Indians among YouTube Space Mission finalists

    By A Correspondent

     

    YouTube, Lenovo, and Space Adventures in cooperation with space agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), on Wednesday announced the sixty finalists of YouTube Space Lab (youtube.com/spacelab), the global science competition that challenges 14-18 year-olds to design a science experiment that can be performed in space.

     

    YouTube Space Lab received thousands of video submissions from more than 80 countries, a remarkable number given the unique challenge of designing an experiment that could actually be carried out in space – something that has traditionally been the mission of qualified astronauts and scientists. Entrants not only described their science experiment ideas via video, but demonstrated and animated the procedures they were submitting.

     

    TheUS led with 10 finalists, followed byIndia with nine. Rounding out the top five countries in terms of total submissions arePoland,Canada, andSpain.

     

    Starting from January 18 through January 24, the YouTube community will be invited to judge these entries alongside a prestigious panel of judges, including renowned scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator of Education and former Astronaut Leland Melvin, ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne, JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and Cirque du Soleil’s founder Guy Laliberté, to determine the winners.

     

    YouTube users and the judging panel will determine 6 regional winners (2 teams from each of the 3 regions) who will travel to Washington, DC, where the global winners (2 teams from each age group) will be announced in March.

     

    “We’re thrilled with the response to YouTube Space Lab,” said Zahaan Bharmal, Google’s Head of Marketing Operations, Europe, Middle East, andAfrica, and the man behind the idea for Space Lab.  “They rose to the challenge – demonstrating great imagination, creativity and passion with their ideas. Our mission was to inspire the next generation and the response shows, we’ve done just that. Today’s Space Lab entrants are tomorrow’s space explorers,” he added.

     

  • The online platform will help like-minded PC users to share and discuss ideas, and form project teams to develop these ideas into workable plans.

    Lenovo launches online network for idea sharing

    By A Correspondent

     

    Computer maker Lenovo has announced the launch of the Do Network (donetwork.lenovo.com), an online platform designed to inspire people to turn their big ideas into positive outcomes.

     

    The Do Network, building on Lenovo’s “For Those Who Do” brand campaign, extends Lenovo’s promise to empower the communities the doers operate in with the best tools, technology and resources.

     

    The focal point of the Do Network is an online space where like-minded Indians can unite to share and discuss ideas that they are passionate about, and to form project teams to develop these ideas into workable and concrete plans.

     

    The Do Network will also serve as a platform to connect these project teams to other people in the community who will act as mentors and lend their skills and expertise.

     

    “Through the Do Network, we want to create not just a platform but a movement that brings Doers together to push the limits on collaboration and creation, and inspire them to turn their great ideas into something meaningful and tangible,” said Shailendra Katyal, Director, marketing, Lenovo India.

     

    Lenovo will set up a Do Lab in India where the top 10 finalist teams will work with the mentors to discuss and refine their projects.

     

    The Do Network will comprise a series of four 90-day contest cycles, with different themes and thematic challenges introduced for each cycle.

     

    The first cycle will be based on the theme of ‘Innovation through Technology’ where teams have to come up with new ways of using technology to create solutions that address the tough problems that exist in their communities. The cycle will run till March 7, 2012. Interested participants can submit their project ideas at donetwork.lenovo.com

     

    Project teams will be required to work on one of the four challenges issued – portable education, traffic jam or products progress. The fourth, a wildcard challenge, will also be provided to allow Doers to pursue their individual ideas that may not fall under the specific challenge categories, but still fit with the theme.

     

    Rajiv Makhni, Managing Editor for Technology, NDTV, New-Delhi; Rajan Anandan MD Google India, India; Mahesh Murthy, Managing Partner, Seedfund; Kishore AK, CEO & Co-Founder at Althea system will act as mentors for the participating teams.

     

    The mentors will guide the project teams throughout the contest and will be part of the selection process for the top 10 finalists.

    The winners will receive the prize money of $25,000 as seed funds to put their projects to practical use.