[ExI] XPrize launches $5 million competition for better COVID-19 tests

[John Grigg]

"A new XPrize competition calls on the "world's brightest minds" to develop
faster and cheaper *COVID-19 tests*
<https://www.livescience.com/pooled-testing-us-coronavirus.html>, with a $5
million reward for the winner.

The competition was launched Tuesday (July 28) by XPrize, the nonprofit
organization that runs public competitions to encourage tech innovations
that benefit humanity. Dubbed "XPrize Rapid COVID Testing," the competition
will last six months, with winners announced in early 2021, according
to a *statement
from XPrize* <https://xprize.org/articles/rapid-covid-testing-announcement>
."
https://www.livescience.com/xprize-covid-19-testing.html
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