[bioundgrd] Fwd: X-prize course offering

[Janice Chang]

>Join the X PRIZE Lab @ MIT for our spring course on creating 
>revolutionary innovations in bionics!
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>ESD.173J/SP.792J/HST.937J
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>X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Healthcare
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>Spring 2009 -- BIONICS
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>MW 2:30-4:00, G-level (3-0-6)
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>The spring X PRIZE course is still looking for students!
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>The course involves working in teams to create an X-prize to spur 
>advancements in bionics. Your concept could be adopted by the 
>X-Prize Foundation to launch a new X-prize competition! Guest 
>speakers include Dean Kamen and Ray Kurzweil.
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>The course will be highly action-oriented, with a mixture of 
>lectures, interactive activities, and panel discussions with 
>industry leaders. As a term project, interdisciplinary teams of 3-5 
>students will work to explore the Grand Challenge theme of Bionics 
>and to develop a fully-formed prize concept to present to members of 
>the X PRIZE Board.
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>Backgrounds in engineering, science, business and medicine all 
>welcomed. No background in bionics required.
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>Apply today: <http://web.mit.edu/xprize>http://web.mit.edu/xprize
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>If you are interested in the course but unsure of whether you will 
>register, please still email 
>us: <mailto:xprize at mit.edu>xprize at mit.edu
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