Using an inverse pyramid approach, a team from MIT captures the $40,000 first prize to locate 10 large, red balloons at undisclosed locations across the United States. DARPA hopes the contest will lead to further research on broad-scope problems that can be tackled using social networking tools.
– A team of MIT students has captured DARPA’s (Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency) Network Challenge, a competition requiring
participants to locate 10 large, red balloons at undisclosed locations
across the United States. Utilizing social networking tools, the
winning MIT team identified t…