Bounty challenges like first private space flight (X-prize)

[HansjoergFromBEF]

The X-prize foundation is an organisation that pays a bounty for the first team that reaches a special goal. One of them was the prize for the first private space flight.

I assume, that in the area of developing are a lot of topics that could be improved. Identifying these topics and challenge teams from all over the world to solve or improve the situation by paying a bounty for the first team or the best solution could give a boost in certain areas.