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Which have already ended, and what came out of them?


Space & automotive: one-offs that have not resulted in any production follow-ons

https://ansari.xprize.org/ https://auto.xprize.org/

Ocean tech: incremental improvements to devices that were already in production https://oceanhealth.xprize.org/ https://oilcleanup.xprize.org/

Medical gadgets that I'm not qualified to comment on, but look pretty meh: https://tricorder.xprize.org/ https://sensing.xprize.org/

Genomics: canceled because "outpaced by innovation" https://genomics.xprize.org/




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