Who'll Make the Biggest Ruckus? Stay Tuned.

Ruckus Nation, the international online idea competition we sponsored with HopeLab to get kids moving, announced its semifinalists today.  Of the 429 entries from 37 countries, 56 teams won $250 semifinalist prizes.  Check out some of the ideas behind "Artillery Dodgeball," "Txt It!," "The Poof Suit," "Pulse Force," "QuikChange Inline," "Snag Tag" and all the other winning concepts on the Ruckus Nation site. 

This is all leading up to next Monday's announcement of the 10 finalists across the competition's four age categories (middle school kids, high school, college/university, and all others) and the grand prize winner.  Finalist teams will receive $25,000 and the grand prize-winning team will receive $75,000 for coming up with the most innovative product idea that will inject a healthy and cool dose of physical activity in to kids' lives.

Paul Tarini will be at the grand prize event at the de Young Museum in SF's Golden Gate Park on Monday, and we'll post the final competition results as soon as we learn them.  In the meantime, congrats to the  semifinalists!