Fancy a four-day trip to the Arctic, spending one of them on the high-tech, 472-metre-high Troll gas platform? Check out this competition on New Scientist.(No, you won't be expected to work on the rig!)
The challenge is to describe the technology that you think will have the biggest impact on human life in the next 30 years:
So what is The Next Big Thing for engineers? Will they build scrubbers to remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, create a medical tricorder or harness fusion, the sun's power source? New Scientist and Statoil want to know what you think.Note that the closing date for entries is midnight (GMT) on Tuesday 1 March 2011.
In no more that 100 words tell us which engineering project you think will have the greatest impact on human life in the next 30 years, and why? You might know of a project already, or have your own idea for a realistic project that should be started. The judges will be looking for ingenuity in both the choice of project and the justification.
How will it be judged?
A panel of judges made up of representatives from New Scientist, Statoil and the Royal Academy of Engineering will decide the five best projects and the entry that makes the best case for each one. We will then ask New Scientist readers to vote for which project they think is the best.Have a go! >>
