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  • DARPA Advanced Sighting System – One Shot Sniper

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    The DARPA “One Shot” program at the Pentagon was originally aimed to give snipers the power to hit a target from 2000 meters away in winds as high as 40 miles per hour. In the first phases of the 3-year-old program, shooters used prototype rifles dressed with lasers and fancy computer hardware to do damage…

  • M.I.T. wins the DARPA Network Challenge

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    On December 4th I blogged that DARPA was holding a competition (On Dec. 5th) where you could win $40000 in prize money. My Predictions: My guess is the correct answer is submitted in less than 30 minutes, on behalf of some sort of tightly knit organization.  It will be interesting to see how this plays…

  • DARPA competition – Win $40000 in prize money

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    DARPA Network Challenge The competition kicks off Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, when DARPA ( Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ) will display 10 8-foot, red weather balloons at undisclosed, publicly accessible sites around the continental United States. The balloons will remain at their locations throughout the day, until sunset. The first…