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From CNA's website:
SINGAPORE: If you have an idea for the next YouTube or Facebook, you could win US$100,000.
That's the top prize in "The Star Challenge" competition to select winning ideas on how to develop technologies for a search engine that is smart enough to find content.
The task is to create technologies to help users navigate and identify material such as text, audio and video containing any word, even if that word has not been tagged by creators or users.
The worldwide competition is being run by A*STAR as part of the official opening of the Fusionopolis later this year.
The top five teams with the best search results will be identified and brought to Singapore for the finals in October.
To find out more about the competition, you can log on to the website www.thestarchallenge.sg.Anyone interested?
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Originally posted by The-Doc:Late, I'm interested, drop me a private message and we can see how it goes from there?
I'm not that keen on participating in this competition actually. One reason would be what 4getmenot has mentioned - the rights of the project. I have checked their T&C and they didn't explicitly state who will own the rights upon project submission. Besides, I'm currently bogged down with work and personal projects, so I guess I will not be able to lend you a hand right now.
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56K dial-up as part of the resources.
Holy crap. You expect to stream videos on that?
A*STAR expressly disclaims any implied warranty, condition, or representation in relation to any intellectual property created by the participant in the course of its participation in the competition. In no event shall A*STAR be liable to any party for any loss or damage arising from the participants participation in the competition.
Err... I kinda feel this is a trap. If they buy you over (assuming you won), your property = theirs.
If create for fun, I don't mind. LOL
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