Tag: projects
-
There Is Hope For The Youth – Firearms Projects
Fellow blogger “Huey’s Gunsight” caught this (and more) on a recent visit to a country fair: Went to the local county fair last weekend (Delaware County, Ohio) and had a chance to check out more than just fair food and midway attractions. Stopped off in one the exhibit halls and got to check out some…
-
DARPA Advanced Sighting System – One Shot Sniper
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
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
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…