Topic: [ANN][UNO] The Blue Crypto Award - page 3. (Read 6676 times)

by now just about every crypto-related newsblog i was able to find was informed about the awards.
We are looking into google ads now.

Anyway, it seems pretty clear the inventor of 3-D technology was Chuck Hill.  

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/tech/innovation/the-night-i-invented-3d-printing-chuck-hall/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

Since we have cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney (posthumous) as a nominee this year, honoring his work, and being the 1st year of The Blue Crypto Awards, where we can include nominees who have contributed to Humanity from earlier than just the last 12 months, I'd like to include Chuck Hill as a nominee as well.  3-D technology is growing most impressively over the last few years.  Full houses are even created these days with overhead cranes as part of 3-D creations!

While we want to encourage the youth with the 'Award, it's clear that we do have a 2nd group of nominees this year that perhaps I may refer to as 'legacy nominees'.  I know of Geoff Lawton, a well-respected permaculture innovator that I'd like to add into this legacy nominee class as well.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Geoff+Lawton

"Greening the Desert":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rKDXuZ8C0

Earlier in discussions on this project, we decided there would only be a single, winner-take-all 100 UNO award this year, so we will simply have the 'legacy nominees' mixed with the younger inventor/innovator nominees this year.

I hope this is ok with everyone, as this is a community project.

Please feel free to discuss this project, inventors, innovators, and inventions on this thread.  I'd be stoked to see more community discussion!  Ask questions, whatever you please!

Above all, please help us to find and discuss additional nominees!!!  Nominee additions end after October 4th.

Thank you.

Here's a thought:  If anyone has brilliant "million-dollar ideas" that they don't want to pursue, they can just drop them in this thread as well.  I get them all the time.

Here's my latest:

3-D Casts

As far as I know, 3-D printing can come up with some strong ceramics even for things like wrenches, but alloy metals can't really be poured for complex shapes by 3-D printers.

Well, stress no more!!!  3-D printing technology CAN certainly be used to form complex ceramic moulds, and then molten metals and alloys can be cast into them!  You can still call them "3-D Casts".

You're welcome! 

Okay, I gotta post the link to the Awards in my daily travels; and so far, the ocean-clean-up array impresses me most. This is such a classy project. Ten years from now it wll be known world wide.

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+2 nominee

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re: Hal Finney
+2 nominee

note: I move not to donate to ALS in this case.  First, ALS has had a phenomenal year in gaining public awareness and if we contribute it will be a very minor drop into a rather large bucket.  Second, although I don't know my guess is that Hal Finney has raised a significant amount of charitable donations for ALS.  

I suggest instead to celebrate his contributions to cryptography by granting a Hal Finney scholarship for promising college students in cryptographic studies, or fund a Hal Finney video recorded lecture series by leading cryptographic researchers that will be both available to students and the public.

Hal Finney representatives (family/friends) can help guide or suggest cryptographic education programs that he may have liked/supported.

I don't have any nominees at the moment just wanted to say awesome work by the UNO community! It's nice to a community that really wants to make a difference.

theyflyblog.com entry from 8 Sep 2014 has this to say with link to google science fair 2014 site:

"...along with all of the misuse of technology, etc., there are the inevitable hopeful signs, such as this teenage scientist who’s revolutionizing cancer detection and this 17-year-old girl who’s pioneering water purification and energy production technology.

You can learn more about many of today’s young, creative and inventive people who are inheriting the mess that their predecessors have made here https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/ "

Maybe a crypto champion in the bunch?

2 new nominees accepted and added to the nominee post and the website!  Take a look.

I can't say that I understand what you're asking, but android users would be a HUGE new market sector.  I've had 3 CPU's since I did some USB Erupter mining a year ago, and have never figured out how to mine with scrypt, so I'm clueless about programming android stuff.  We should probably all switch to linux, anyway, as far as I've heard.

Benefactor, I am prone to over-scheduling. My present load is optimal -- but Blue Crypto is just the perfect promotional tool, so I will post links in my travels.

And your thoughts on this: I am tres ignorant about smartphones; but while developing Another Coin, I cruised through a dozen android-enthusiasts' sites, and was struck by how little info about Bitcoin there is -- let alone altcoins. But these guys are surely likely adopters?
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Great, great nominees, guys!!  I will process them in bulk later this weekend.

Keep 'em coming~!

want to suggest
Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre for inventing mushroom-packaging. Replacing plastic and cardboard with mushroom mycelium for packaging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSi7ip32AU

I would like posthumously nominate one of my personal heros who contributed significantly to humanity by contributing to two highly important technology tools that contribute to our freedom and our personal privacy: PGP and Bitcoin. 

I nominate Hal Finney.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/business/hal-finney-cryptographer-and-bitcoin-pioneer-dies-at-58.html?_r=0

He contributed to a more secure world through his work on PGP encryption, and his pioneering work with Satoshi on Bitcoin has lead to this remarkable cryptoeconomy. He was visionary. He didn't need to be the lead developer, and was happy to contribute to projects he felt were important even if his own ego wasn't always front and center, as long as they matched his values.

ALS robbed the world of Finney's genius last week.  Should he win, and if his Widow is unwilling or unable to accept the award, I would encourage the community to give it to the ALS Foundation.

Can anyone find new INVENTORS/Innovators to add to our list of nominees?!??

It's tough to do, huh?  ...You have to really look for it.

Great!  Thank you!

i see, requirements are also outlined here:

http://unobtanium.uno/award/?page_id=8

Reddit keeps making problems for me. It refuses to operate the way i want. lol I keep trying.

I posted on twitter and facebook about it already. More to come.

We need more nominees and more people getting the word out, right now. Let's get it rolling

here some guidelines for suggesting nominees:

-the nominee has to be an inventor, scientist or artist (preferably of young age).
-we will accept nominees whos invention or discovery was made within this decade.
-the invention/innovation made by the person has to be beneficial to humanity/ human collective evolution.
-There should be a broad consensus about the beneficial nature of the nominees' innovation. Please avoid controversal candidates.
-The innovation of the nominee has to be one that is beneficial for the ecosystem or to better the life of people.
-Scientific advancements are preferred, but even artwork may be considered for approval as nominee accomplishments, if it has successfully improved the broader reach of Humanity.
-we wil award only individuals or small groups of private people. We will not award companies, universities or other institutions. We will also not award the super famous/rich.


Everyone can make suggestions for nominees as long as they  fullfil the above requirements. We'll probably put a limit for suggestions of three for each person. Feel free to send your suggestions to benefactor.

Thank you guys for the kind interest!

Let's keep this party rolling by spreading the word far and wide!  My role is limited to coordination, funding, vision, nominee processing, vote tallying, BCT thread interaction, website work, and other management, so please consider taking the initiative for all kinds of outreach, like posting on other forums, advertising/promotion, donations, emails, word-of-mouth, etc.  This will be as big as whatever effort we put into it.

Please consider getting involved per FallingKnife's Blue Crypto Award comments here, especially by starting our promotion on Reddit and Twitter and cryptocointalk.com.  We know we still need some help with that.

V500 is already helping us big time in getting the word out, BTW, our PR guy!

 


When all the cryptos out there including BTC are struggling, we will still have the biggest party on the block!

Awesome idea guys. Will be keeping an eye on it. Can't think of any nominees off the top of my head just yet though.

This is awesome.  In the true sense of the word.  

The more I think on the subject of "The Blue Crypto Award" the more speechless and awestruck I become.  This is a powerful idea.

Any crypto community is welcome and encouraged to join up in this quest.

Help us find the people who are creating a better world.

Crypto can be a tool to help fund and advance the ideas and inventions of the world brightest minds.  Think TED going supernova!

The focus seems to be on young new inventors, kids are naturally creative, and crypto can become a tool that encourages, allows, and promotes young genius to create.

No longer will there be a barrier between invention and finance, were the 'money' decides what gets funded.  You and me, WE, can now do the selecting and funding by way of crypto.

Help create a world were anyone, anywhere, or any age or social rank can invent.  And if the idea is good, then anyone, anywhere with an internet connection can help fund that invention.