necessary. >> we brought in the best and the brightest of minds that can deal with this 12346789. >> government hadn't. >> it hasn't changed since the exxon valdez 21 years earlier. >> how would he improve it? >> i don't know but the competition will bring the best ideas to the top. the government assumption is that someone in government does know and can pick. you are giving away all this money and you say i don't know. >> we don't pick the winner in advance like the government does in research. the research funding agency says you are a good researcher here is money. we flip it and say i don't know which of your h hundred teams are the best one but the one who achieves this we will pay you. we only pay for success. >> and i'm waiting for that great big check. >> wendy schmidt offered a prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registered to enter the