SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sep 6, 2005--Imagine your car contacting the mechanic directly to schedule its next oil change or downloading a music video from your car stereo to watch on a conference call with a friend across the globe.
Is this the future of mobile communications? You tell us.
To help visualize the next generation of seamless mobility, Motorola, Inc. today launched MOTOFWRD, a nationwide competition challenging emerging innovators to depict -- either through words or visuals -- how tomorrow`s society will answer the consumer demand to live life wherever, whenever and however. Seamless mobility is a set of solutions that will provide easy, uninterrupted access to information, entertainment, communication, monitoring and control when, where and how we want, regardless of the device, service, network or location.
''Through the MOTOFWRD competition we are inspiring rising innovators to inspire us,'' said Ed Zander, chairman and CEO, Motorola, Inc. ''The ability to dream, to imagine the possibility, is one of the greatest assets of today`s youth and this program allows the next generation of scientists, inventors and designers to show us their best.''
Entries will be judged by a panel of today`s most creative and forward-thinking minds, including youth culture expert and trend researcher Dee Dee Gordon, and futurist and award-winning sci-fi author Cory Doctorow, among others.
College students focusing on science, technology, engineering, writing, film and other arts and science fields can submit visual art or written entries, including essays, white papers, short stories, short films, comic strips or digital art to express their view of seamless mobility and bring the next wave of mobile connectivity to life.
Contest Details
Entries are being accepted on www.motorola.com/motofwrd from September 1 through November 15, 2005. Submissions can be made in the following formats:
-- Essay, short story or white paper of up to 1,500 words
-- Short film or animation of up to five minutes
-- Digital art, including graphics, images and schematics of up to ten panes
-- Comic strips of up to 20 panes
Prizes
1 GRAND PRIZE: $10,000 cash scholarship Eight-week apprenticeship opportunity at Motorola Bluetooth-enabled car Motorola product package
3 RUNNER UP PRIZES: $2,500 cash scholarship Motorola product package
1 MY MOTOCHOICE AWARD: $2,500 cash scholarship Motorola product package
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: www.motorola.com.
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