The Buckminster Fuller Institute is proud to announce that thirty outstanding entries to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge have been advanced to the next stage of review. The distinguished jury will select a winner who will be presented with the OmniOculi sculpture and the $100,000 prize…

“Sustainable Personal Mobility and Mobility-on-Demand Systems (SPM/MoD)”, submitted by an interdisciplinary team of students at MIT has been selected as the winner of the prestigious 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The team will receive a $100,000 prize at…

Wondering where breakthrough ideas addressing today’s major crises are? Look no further, the entries to the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge are now available for view in the Idea Index, an open-source database of solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. The entries…

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is pleased to announce that “Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challenge of Appalachia”, submitted by Dr. John Todd, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Dr.…