{"id":4914,"date":"2012-09-26T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:55:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T06:55:59","slug":"ignite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/ignite\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla and National Science Foundation seek developers to build “apps from the future”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, Mozilla and the National Science Foundation announced eight winning ideas that offer a glimpse of what the internet of the future might look like. <\/strong>Next up: invite developers everywhere to make these and other big ideas a reality.<\/p>\n

Eight teams were awarded prizes today for their submissions to the Brainstorming Round of “Mozilla Ignite<\/a>,” an open innovation challenge that invites developers and the general public to imagine and build applications that make use of ultra-fast, deeply programmable networks up to 250 times faster than today’s internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposed apps are aimed specifically at areas that create public benefit<\/strong>. Categories range from education, healthcare, public safety and clean energy to transportation, workforce development and advanced manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Development Round now open<\/h3>\n

Now that the initial “Brainstorming Round” is complete, the challenge moves into the “Development Round.”<\/strong> Developers can enter the challenge now<\/a> to help build one of the winning ideas announced today, or submit their own completely new proposal. <\/strong><\/p>\n

$485,000 is available in funding to support winning proposals<\/strong>, and all are welcome to submit at mozillaignite.org<\/a>. Winners will receive funding, mentorship from world-leading judges<\/a>, and access to the National Science Foundation\u2019s Global Environment for Network Innovation (GENI<\/a>), one of the most advanced test-bed networks in the world.<\/p>\n