Nokia Bell Labs opened its fifth annual global Prize competition for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Marcus Weldon, president of Nokia Bell Labs & CTO for Nokia, said: “We are at the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution that will transform human existence in previously unimaginable ways.The Bell Labs Prize seeks innovators who will power this revolution, with an interest in collaborating with a wide diversity of intellects, disciplines, backgrounds, skills, geographies, philosophies…everything – that’s the classic ‘Bell Labs way’, and the secret of our success.”