From: Cesar Harada <contact@protei.org>
Date: February 8, 2011 10:13:57 AM GMT+01:00
To: Etienne Gernez <el_tieno@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Response: Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE

Hey salut etienne
j ai essaye de negocier avec les gars de x proze pour faire les test gratuits a OHMSETT, voila la discussion - peu frucueuse, mais interessante :)

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 16:54, David Locke <David.Locke@xprize.org> wrote:
Hello Cesar,
In terms of the registration fee I’m sorry to hear that money is limited. Unfortunately, you’re not the only one struggling with this issue, and I'm sorry that as a neutral facilitator of the competition that we are not in a position to assist you in your remarkable endeavors. The registration fee is used by the similarly non-profit X PRIZE Foundation to help offset the expenses associated with the testing of each entry and the public promotion of the competition and its entrants. It also helps us verify the commitment of the entrants and their ability to meet the financial commitments required to field a viable entry into the competition.
 
However, please keep in mind that a $1 million dollar prize will be awarded to our first place team, $300K to the second place team and a $100,000 prize to the third place team. Not to mention free testing at the OHMSETT facility which more than makes up for the $3500 registration fee. Also, please keep in mind that you are allowed to bring on sponsors to help out with your registration fee (so long as it is does not conflict with the current sponsors of the prize).
 
Think it over and let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.
 
Best,
David

 
 
From: contact@cesarharada.com [mailto:contact@cesarharada.com] On Behalf Of Cesar Harada Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:18 PM To: David Locke

Subject: Re: Response: Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE

 
Hello dear David. 
 
Thanks a lot for your message. 
 
For us, transporting our machine, paying flight + hotel for the crew is a really huge financial burden, so adding on top of this the application fee of $3500, we may have to sacrifice a lot the technology itself and be less competitive.
 
Since Protei is developped Open-Source by a non-profit organization, can we have a discount / free to apply to the X-prize challenge?
 
Wouldn't this make the whole process more fair when other applicants are oil-based industry with multi millions in the bank?  Can we really stimulate innovation bottom up ? Isn't it what you guys are trying to do?
 
Thank you very much. 
 Cesar
 
=======================
Cesar Harada
Protei Coordinator
http://protei.org
https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei
 
contact@protei.org
+1 612 230 0662
skype : cesarminoruharada
twitter : @cesarharada #protei 
 
 
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 13:44, David Locke <David.Locke@xprize.org> wrote:
OK, great. I see you in the system now. I hope your negotiations go well – please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
 
Best, David
 
From: contact@cesarharada.com [mailto:contact@cesarharada.com] On Behalf Of Cesar Harada Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 4:14 AM To: oilcleanup Subject: Re: Response: Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE
 
Thank you very much. 
 
It was not working because the password needed to have both letters and numbers - I just entered letters. 
It worked, I just registered. 
I am now negotiating with our financial department the payment and deadlines. 
Thank you for your assistance.   Cesar Harada =======================
Cesar Harada
Protei Coordinator
http://protei.org
https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei
 
contact@protei.org
+1 612 230 0662
skype : cesarminoruharada
twitter : @cesarharada #protei 

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 19:18, oilcleanup <oilcleanup@xprize.org> wrote:
Hello Cesar,
 
Thanks for writing in. I’m very glad you to hear you intend on registering, we are extremely excited to embark on this endeavor inspiring a new generation of oil spill cleanup technologies that enable a more rapid pace of cleanup, and broaden the environmental conditions under which oil spill cleanup can take place.
 
We have gone in to the system and everything appears to be working just fine. As we have never experienced a similar problem, I need to request that you please go back into the system and give it another try (perhaps from a different computer?). Registration closes February 15, 2011 so you still have plenty of time.
 
Once your registration is complete you will need to pay your $3500 US registration fee here: https://simplecheckout.authorize.net/payment/CatalogPayment.aspx
 
Please try again and let me know if you continue to have the same issue. On behalf of the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE, we are continually encouraged by people, such as yourself, who have a vision of what can be accomplished and we look forward to receiving your official registration.
 
Best,
 
David

 

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 Cesar Harada, Feb-02 14:18 (PST):
Registration of Protei team: Hello, I am the coordinator of Protei, oil spill cleaning technology group. I have been trying to register and the system did not allow me to register. These are the informations I filled in, please help me register Protei project to compete for this competition, thank you very much.
Protei_Team
Open_Sailing
contact@protei.org
USA
3820 Dauphine street, New Orleans, 70117, Lousiana, USA
http://protei.org
http://twitter.com/opensailing
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50492762861
 Cesar
Harada
contact@cesarharada.com
+44 20 3286 1646
+1 617 230 0662
3820 Dauphine street, New Orleans, 70117, Lousiana, USA
At TEDxOilSpill
Cesar Harada
TEAM LEADER
27. French, Japanese. TED senior fellow. Ex-MIT Project leader. Ars Electronica Golden Nika [Next Idea]. MA Royal College of Art, Design Interactions, London. MA Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris France. Coordinator of the International_Ocean_Station research group.
Piem Wirtz
Project manager
Piem Wirtz is project manager at V2_Lab. Her main interest is in wearable technology projects, where she is not only involved from a management perspective but also in the hands-on production of artworks.
Piem holds a Msc in Industrial Design Engineering and is participating as a dancer in the contemporary dance group Dattah. Together with Melissa Coleman she initiated the E-Textile Workspace, a platform for discussion about wearable technology and smart textiles. Besides hosting the monthly Workspaces, Piem is coaching artists in V2_'s residency program and is supervising the team of hardware developers.
 Etienne Gernez
Maritime engineer
I´m a maritime engineer (applied maths & engineering degree in France + Msc in Maritime Engineering Sciences in Southampton, UK). I have been working for 2 years in Norway (Oslo) for Det Norske Veritas (DNV) on fuel saving technologies for ships, and kites for instance. DNV is a big, friendly international company (300 offices in 100 countries = great industrial and academic network). I have a master´s in Marine resources management in Iceland in 2010, which I´m about to complete. It opened my mind to the biology, economics, geography and law of the coasts, the open sea, and their marine resources.
 I´m a maritime engineer (applied maths & engineering degree in France + Msc in Maritime Engineering Sciences in Southampton, UK). I have been working for 2 years in Norway (Oslo) for Det Norske Veritas (DNV) on fuel saving technologies for ships, and kites for instance. DNV is a big, friendly international company (300 offices in 100 countries = great industrial and academic network). I have a master´s in Marine resources management in Iceland in 2010, which I´m about to complete. It opened my mind to the biology, economics, geography and law of the coasts, the open sea, and their marine resources.
Protei is currently under development. We have a several sponsors, we are in discussion with them and the research team to see if we will manage the XPrize deadlines.
 The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico is important. It is what ignited the development of Protei. Oil Spills are happening all the time everywhere. We need to develop open-source / open-hardware technologies so developing countries can also face their own environmental challenges adapting our technology. The X-Prize is a unique chance to boost our research and demonstrate the efficiency of Protei. The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge is very important because it will allow all the oil spill cleaning technologies to compete and accelerate progress for everyone involved.
Protei is an oil collecting sailing drone. Oil drifts downwind, Protei sails upwind intercepting oil in its successive folds. Using the power of nature to collect an oil spill. Protei is self-righting, inflatable, articulated and works as a swarm. A fleet of Protei would operate far from shore, at night, in rough weather and because it is unmanned, it would not expose the health of cleaners.
Protei comes with several innovations : capacity of pulling a huge payload with a lightweight propulsion head. Capacity of sailing upwind exposing its sails to both sides of the wind. Many applications are possible beyond oil spill cleaning.
Cesar Harada
2011 February 2nd
Protei_Team
======================= Cesar Harada Protei Coordinator http://protei.org https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/protei
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