Competition With £10 Million First Prize

The only catch is that you have to be a city and also be the most ‘e-aware’ city in the UK by 2008.

The British government has noted a growing ‘digital divide’ in the UK and it hopes this compeition will encourage cities and local councils to transform the delivery of public services.

Ideas being considered include:

· online access to real time reports of criminal acts in a locality, so helping to establish any patterns of crime;

· ways in which children can do homework projects online together in small groups;

· use of video cameras so doctors can examine patients in their homes;

· use of IT to set up micro businesses.

"The city of e-technology would become a pioneer in exploiting technology for socially useful purposes."

Guardian Article