Wednesday, December 2, 2009

DARPA's Latest Challenge: Locate These 10 Balloons

From CNET:

A new DARPA contest is using balloons to test our social-networking skills.

After kicking off the Internet 40 years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is again tapping into the Net for a new challenge. The DARPA Network Challenge will award $40,000 to the first person who can identify the latitudes and longitudes of 10 red weather balloons positioned at different parts of the sky across the continental United States.

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My Comment: $40,000 prize is at stake .... may be worth the time to try and find these balloons.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousDecember 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    Join the MIT team, invite your friends and you can win money, help
    science, and help charity!

    Find all the information about our approach at
    http://balloon.media.mit.edu/

    THANK YOU AND... GOOD LUCK!

    The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team

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