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The catalyst for change lies at the intersection of inspired people and their passions. That's where new ideas emerge. With proper funding and cultivation those ideas can take many shapes and develop in any number of directions. That's why MDV partners devote time to fostering relations with universities and entrepreneurial researchers. Together they ensure that great ideas can take root. |
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MDV launched the MDV Innovators Award in November 2007 to recognize extraordinary faculty for their innovative approaches to important challenges and for their entrepreneurial spirits. The Award supports funding to pilot a project that has the potential to disrupt current thinking in the field or provoke new avenues of research in the area of energy and materials. Currently this award is open to faculty at UC Berkeley and Stanford University.
2007-2008 Awards
Stanley, the Stanford Racing Team's entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, tore through the Mojave Desert and was the first robot car to navigate a 132-mile course with no human intervention. Stanley completed the course in under seven hours, won the Challenge and made history. MDV was an early, active team member. MDV returned to participate as part of the Stanford team in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge with a new robot car, Junior. The urban competition, which required robot cars to obey traffic rules, netted Stanford a second place prize.
Stanley At The Smithstonian
X/Seed Capital is an independent, seed-focused, venture fund providing de-novo start-up capital for entrepreneurs pursuing breakthrough innovation. For more information, please contact info@xseedcap.com.
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