BodyShock Competition
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"to call for ideas to improve global health over the next 3-10 years by transforming our bodies and lifestyles"[edit ]
Last modified: December 28, 2010, 11:45PM
Award: $3000[edit Award]
Goes to: the best vision of how to remake, reboot, and reinvent the future of global well-being[edit What it goes to]
Description[edit]
IFTF announces first annual Roy Amara Prize
Remake the future by rebooting the present
The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California is inviting people around the world to remake the future by rebooting the present. With this competition, IFTF is turning up the volume on well-being around the world. The grand prize for the inaugural Bodyshock competition is the Roy Amara Prize for Participatory Foresight.
What is the Roy Amara Prize?
The Roy Amara Prize is an annual cash award of $3,000 for the best vision of how to remake, reboot, and reinvent the future of global well-being. It is named for IFTF’s longtime president Roy Amara (1925-2000) and is part of a larger program of social impact projects honoring his legacy, known as The Roy Amara Fund for Participatory Foresight.
May the best health idea win
BodyShock is sponsored by IFTF’s Health Horizons program, which was founded in the 1970s by Dr. Amara. BodyShock is a public call for ideas to improve global health over the next 3-10 years by transforming our bodies and lifestyles. Everyone gets to vote, and the final winners will be ones that create big impacts from small innovations — targeting groups or problems that may seem small today but will be significant or widespread over the coming decade. In October, five winners will participate in an expenses-paid design showcase with mentors in Palo Alto, and the grand winner will receive the Roy Amara Prize.
Eligibility[edit]
BodyShock is a call for ideas to improve global health over the next 3-10 years by transforming our bodies and lifestyles.
Are you:
- a DIY scientist trying to extend healthy human life?
- a developer who wants to invent a mobile diabetes app?
- an elder caregiver with ideas to help people age in place?
- a self-experimenter creating an emotional wellness tracker?
Judging Criteria[edit]
Foresight: Does my idea link to the future of health and healthcare?
Global impact: How many people will my design affect around the world, or how deeply will a smaller population be affected?
Edgy: How non-obvious and creative is my idea?
Efficient: How simple and cost effective is my idea?
Attainable: Can my idea be implemented within 10 years?
Positive outcome: Will my idea help transform bodies and lifestyles to produce better health?