How about an X prize for motorcycles or cars? Now that the X prize has been won, everyone is talking about how it stimulated private development of space flight technology. But what about technology we use all the time? A hydrogen car for instance, was built by a teacher and his students. What might we get if there was real money involved?
Renault is investigating that runaway car and so far it seems perfectly normal. Hmm... what a surprise. What they need is a CSI team like on TV. "Could I see your shoes?"
...but I have a hard time believing this one. A driver in France said his car just accelerated to 120mph and would not slow down no matter what he did. A magnetic key wouldn't shut off the engine. After 125 miles it finally slowed down. Now, suppose he just floored it and cooked up this story...
