Challenging the notion that Christmas gift-giving has to be about spending lots of money, and buying the latest hot item, Folksy and Sue Ryder Careare running a competition called Upcycle Christmas.

Netflix recently awarded their $1 million prize to a seven person group of statisticians and computer scientists for improving the accuracy of customer movie recommendations by ten percent.

Looking for a “sustainable suite” to present for hoteliers, travel executives and the design commnity, a new contest invites professionals and students alike to offer their take on environmental friendly hotel room interior design.

Sponsored by Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat, the ReBurbia competition is seeking to bring out forward-thinking architects, urban planners, and designers to re-conceive the sprawling, foreclosure-ridden suburbs of the America. The contest’s organizers see the competition as an urgent response to dire social and material circumstances in the US, not just an exercise in good thinking and design:
Suburban communities in central California, Arizona and Florida are desolate and decaying, with for sale and foreclosure signs dotting many lawns. According to the US Census, about 90% of all metropolitan growth occurred in suburban communities in the last ten years. Urbanites who loathe [...]

We’re running a contest over the next 48 hours to win a limited-edition Rock Band guitar controller customized by PSFK friend Matt W. Moore. All you have to do is re-tweet a link to a post from PSFK (even a link to this contest page) with the hash tag #psfkrb – and we’ll send the guitar anywhere in the world to a randomly drawn winner from everyone who RTs by 4.30pm EST Friday June 12.