Schedule of Events
January 23, 2008     New IPO: Hubble Upgrade by Fall (HBLFIX)
Will NASA complete the Hubble upgrade this fall?


January 18, 2008     New IPO: Data Breaches (BREACH)
Will 2008 set a record for data breaches?


January 18, 2008     New IPO: Data Breaches (BREACH)
Will 2008 set a record for data breaches?


January 16, 2008     New IPO: Shuttle Delivery (STS122)
Will the space shuttle Atlantis launch in time to deliver the Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station by February 8?


January 14, 2008     New IPO: Knol vs. Wikipedia (KNOL)
Will Google's Knol site surpass Wikipedia in page views by the end of 2009?


January 11, 2008     New IPO: Trustworthy Test for HGH (HGHTEST)
Will a reliable test for human growth hormone become commercially available by June 1?


January 9, 2008     New IPO: Higher Mileage Than CRX (PASSCRX)
Will any 2008 production car achieve a higher gas mileage than the 1987 Honda Civic CRX?


January 7, 2008     New IPO: Big Screen eee (EEE10)
Will Asus release a 10-inch version of its popular budget ultra-portable laptop, the eeePC, by June 1, 2008?


January 4, 2008     New IPO: 787 Dreamliner Flies (787FLY)
Will Boeing's Dreamliner 787 make its first test flight by March 1, 2008?


January 2, 2008     New IPO: Electronic Tax Returns Top 85 Million (TAXMAN)
Will the number of taxpayers electronically filing their income-tax forms for 2007 top 85 million?


December 24, 2007     New IPO: Electronic-Voting Failure (EVOTE)
Will there be a verified case of electronic-voting-machine failure in the presidential race that causes more than 1,000 votes to be lost or miscounted in a single precinct on Election Day?


December 21, 2007     New IPO: Honda FCX Clarity Spreads beyond SoCal? (CLARITY)
Will the Honda FCX Clarity be available outside of Southern California by 2009


December 19, 2007     New IPO: Large Hadron Collider Functions (HADRON)
Will the LHC be fully functional and producing data by October 31, 2008?


December 17, 2007     New IPO: Life on Mars (MARSLIFE)
Will the Phoenix lander find verifiable signs of life on the surface of Mars by January 1, 2009?


December 14, 2007     New IPO: China Tries to Suppress Olympic Rain(REDRAIN)
Will it rain during the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony?


December 12, 2007     New IPO: Plum Island on Mainland (PLMISL)
Will the replacement for Plum Island be built on the U.S. mainland?


December 10, 2007     New IPO: Google Wins Open-Broadband-Spectrum Auction (GOOGBAND)
Will Google win the auction for the open broadband spectrum?


December 7, 2007     New IPO: Iron-Seeding Mission (PLANKTOS)
Will the Planktos vessel Weatherbird II depart on its iron-seeding mission before January 15, 2008?


December 5, 2007     New IPO: Wii Holiday Sales (WIISALES)
Will unit sales for the month of December of the Nintendo Wii be greater than those of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined?


December 3, 2007     New IPO: Giant Sails on Freighters (SKYSAIL)
Will the sail-assisted Beluga freighter depart by December 20, 2007?


November 30, 2007     New IPO: Smart Handguns in 2008 (SMRTSHOT)
Will "smart" handguns be commercially available in New Jersey by 2009?


November 28, 2007     New IPO: Railgun in Field by 2009 (RAILGUN)
Will the U.S. military deploy a railgun in the field by 2009?


November 26, 2007     New IPO: iPhone Calls Without Cell Service (ISHARE)
Will the new software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone give rise to a means of making phone calls without cellular service within a year of its release?


November 21, 2007     New IPO: Seed-Vault Withdrawal (SEEDS)
Will there be an emergency withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its first year of operation?


November 19, 2007     New IPO: Google Becomes America's Biggest Company (GOOGROW)
Will Google become the biggest company in the U.S. by 2010?


November 16, 2007     New IPO: Artificial Lung Trials (ARTLUNG)
Will the first artificial lung enter clinical trials in 2008?


November 14, 2007     New IPO: Breast-Cancer Blood Test (BCTEST)
Will a blood test for breast cancer be released in the U.S. by the end of March?


November 12, 2007     New IPO: European Space Launch (ESALAUN)
Will the world's largest automated space vehicle launch in January?


November 9, 2007     New IPO: OLED TV on Sale (OLEDTV)
Will the first OLED TV go on sale in the U.S. this year?


November 7, 2007     New IPO: Skype Cellphone in the U.S. (SKYPEUS)
Will the U.S. get a Skype cellphone by November 1, 2008?


November 5, 2007     New IPO: Cellphones on E.U. Airplanes within a Year (PLANECELL)
Will use of cellphones be permitted on at least one European airline by November 1, 2008?


November 2, 2007     New IPO: Gene-Therapy Treatment for Diabetes (GENETHRPY)
Will a gene-therapy treatment for diabetes be readily available within three years?