Even if the winner is a bag of tricks trick, it still would be something new in the way it is presented, with new tricks developed, and thereby surely would spark some innovation, would it not?
If so, then the XPrize served its purpose - to drive innovation.
I am not under the impression that XPrizes are intended to be impossible goals or "holy grails" - just goals that drive progress.
Even if the winner is a bag of tricks trick, it still would be something new in the way it is presented, with new tricks developed, and thereby surely would spark some innovation, would it not?
If so, then the XPrize served its purpose - to drive innovation.
I am not under the impression that XPrizes are intended to be impossible goals or "holy grails" - just goals that drive progress.