 This morning the internet told me that a cat had saved a boy from a dog attack and that it was on video. This morning the internet told me that Kim Kardashian went to the gym again. This morning the internet told me that my buddy in Canada did four loads of laundry. I unfriended him after that. Useless as all those things are, that same internet delivered medical data to a doctor in Port-au-Prince. It helped to land a plane in Mumbai. It let a family in Oklahoma know that their loved ones survived a tornado. At this point the internet is the world's most critical communication system. It's more important than the telephone. And in a natural disaster the internet could vanish. Web in a box is a standalone neighborhood internet connection that accepts 5,000 wifi devices at a time. It's a vital connection that facilitates disaster relief because it lets authorities tell us what to do. It enables us to share information with them. It gives people comfort. It gives us banking and email to reduce economic disruption. This is a prize that's measurable and achievable. The winning box must be small enough to be carried by two people into a disaster site. It must contain enough power to run for seven days. The successful team for the XPRIZE will have to assume that the nearest network is 100 miles away. It has to be deployable without a technician because you can never find the IT guy when you need him. Within hours of a disaster Web in a box will restore the internet to every neighborhood. It's an achievable goal, it's a critical goal, and it's brilliantly suited to an XPRIZE.