alaskalonewolf
11-30-2009, 05:09 PM
http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=af08da62b9cbe541b441be75b0e520c0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.trucktrend.com%2Ff%2F908753 3%2F163_news071023_03z%2BSICK_traffic_sensors_used _for_darpa%2BInsight_racing_DARPA_vehicle.jpg
Heard of DARPA before? [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]. In 1969, they created ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, more recently established the Grand Challenge (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=31367c2c2821a5043b6bbbe1f88ef42e&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDARPA_G rand_Challenge), a competition for driverless (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=4856471d9ed4ec350ff089a3c4025420&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darpagrandchallenge.com%2F) cars (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=f8ecd587eece2dc2f312a0569bb871de&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Fnova%2Fdarpa %2F). Dec 5th (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=cfdfad90e80a1b69e33881436db7ddcd&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmssv.net%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fhow-to-win-the-darpa-network-challenge%2F), ten large red weather balloons (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=1ab7c2260d03a1b9ffd8cea245c18fe5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2009%2F10%2F 29%2Fdarpa-challenge----f.html) will be inflated and moored at at locations across the US. The first to find them wins $40000
...From DARPA
"To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA (http://www.darpa.mil/) has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the roles the Internet and social networking play in the timely communication, wide-area team-building, and urgent mobilization required to solve broad-scope, time-critical problems.
The challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 moored, 8-foot, red, weather balloons at 10 fixed locations in the continental United States. The balloons will be in readily accessible locations and visible from nearby roads."
Relevant Hypertext Links:
<-- http://www.twitter.com/ -->
DARPA_News (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=de9d8843b539113c13e9930564510355&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FDARPA_News)
Cash4RedBalloon (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=58c6b60f4b530501027d5b35256e2416&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FCash4RedBalloon)
(see also)
http://tweetgrid.com/ [keywords: Darpa, red, balloon ...etc]
_________________
Contest Rules
(http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=94403572c276e3aade9d4113e9bc3815&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetworkchallenge.darpa.mil%2Frule s.pdf)bing.com (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=5bacc6984d6357de21916534a1354d21&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Fq% 3Ddarpa%26FORM%3DBNFD)
Photobucket-search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=2d3e187b791d759d2f0f242a88e582e8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphotobucket.com%2Fimages%2Fdarpa% 2F%3Fpage%3D3%26userinit%3Dtrue%26source%3Dheader)
Flickr-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=93bde95e5f294f4feba321fd6311e465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3D darpa%26w%3Dall)
Digg-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=3a51e35ec7230ae1470519b07b8f3b2a&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigg.com%2Fsearch%3Fs%3Ddarpa%26s ort%3Dnewest)
Google-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=519304d925d7f4ad8f27d218de0cd53f&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%3Fq%3Ddarp a%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den%26tab%3Dwn)
Additional References:
http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=173246681113
Cooliris Embed:
<-- In Flickr - Cooliris Embed Keyword "Red Balloon"-->
<div style="width: 500px; height: 400px; overflow:hidden;">
<object id="o" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3Dred+balloon" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3Dred+balloon"
width="500" height="400" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>
</div>
<-- Alternate "DARPA" -->
<div style="width: 500px; height: 400px; overflow:hidden;">
<object id="o" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3DARPA" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3DARPA"
width="500" height="400" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>
</div>
Anyone Playing?
Registration Begins December 1st, that's tomorrow.
Heard of DARPA before? [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]. In 1969, they created ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, more recently established the Grand Challenge (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=31367c2c2821a5043b6bbbe1f88ef42e&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDARPA_G rand_Challenge), a competition for driverless (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=4856471d9ed4ec350ff089a3c4025420&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darpagrandchallenge.com%2F) cars (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=f8ecd587eece2dc2f312a0569bb871de&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Fnova%2Fdarpa %2F). Dec 5th (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=cfdfad90e80a1b69e33881436db7ddcd&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmssv.net%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fhow-to-win-the-darpa-network-challenge%2F), ten large red weather balloons (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=1ab7c2260d03a1b9ffd8cea245c18fe5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2009%2F10%2F 29%2Fdarpa-challenge----f.html) will be inflated and moored at at locations across the US. The first to find them wins $40000
...From DARPA
"To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA (http://www.darpa.mil/) has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the roles the Internet and social networking play in the timely communication, wide-area team-building, and urgent mobilization required to solve broad-scope, time-critical problems.
The challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 moored, 8-foot, red, weather balloons at 10 fixed locations in the continental United States. The balloons will be in readily accessible locations and visible from nearby roads."
Relevant Hypertext Links:
<-- http://www.twitter.com/ -->
DARPA_News (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=de9d8843b539113c13e9930564510355&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FDARPA_News)
Cash4RedBalloon (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=58c6b60f4b530501027d5b35256e2416&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FCash4RedBalloon)
(see also)
http://tweetgrid.com/ [keywords: Darpa, red, balloon ...etc]
_________________
Contest Rules
(http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=94403572c276e3aade9d4113e9bc3815&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetworkchallenge.darpa.mil%2Frule s.pdf)bing.com (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=5bacc6984d6357de21916534a1354d21&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Fq% 3Ddarpa%26FORM%3DBNFD)
Photobucket-search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=2d3e187b791d759d2f0f242a88e582e8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphotobucket.com%2Fimages%2Fdarpa% 2F%3Fpage%3D3%26userinit%3Dtrue%26source%3Dheader)
Flickr-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=93bde95e5f294f4feba321fd6311e465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3D darpa%26w%3Dall)
Digg-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=3a51e35ec7230ae1470519b07b8f3b2a&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigg.com%2Fsearch%3Fs%3Ddarpa%26s ort%3Dnewest)
Google-Search (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=172910088235&h=519304d925d7f4ad8f27d218de0cd53f&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%3Fq%3Ddarp a%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den%26tab%3Dwn)
Additional References:
http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=173246681113
Cooliris Embed:
<-- In Flickr - Cooliris Embed Keyword "Red Balloon"-->
<div style="width: 500px; height: 400px; overflow:hidden;">
<object id="o" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3Dred+balloon" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3Dred+balloon"
width="500" height="400" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>
</div>
<-- Alternate "DARPA" -->
<div style="width: 500px; height: 400px; overflow:hidden;">
<object id="o" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3DARPA" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf?feed=api%3A%2F%2Fflickr.com%2F%3Fsear ch%3DARPA"
width="500" height="400" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>
</div>
Anyone Playing?
Registration Begins December 1st, that's tomorrow.