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Friday, September 17, 2010

Great PR, cont. 

This is an example of great PR, of highlighting the means to achieve technical progress and showing a way there.  As I have written before, I am in favor of prizes for achieving technical progress. It is not a new tactic but it remains a good way to stimulate attention and foster creative thinking.  It is interesting that an insurance company put up the $10 million for the prize from its advertising budgets.  It easily received $10 million worth of publicity.  it is also interesting that the winner used a time-tested technology -- the reciprocating gasoline engine.  There is still life in traditional technologies.

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