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DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:01:59 EDT

Some of these look so toxic, DARPA better bring its Hazmat Level 4 suits.

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

elwood — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:28:34 EDT

Thank god we have research instititions like universities who don't have to depend on eventually providing a product to someone. If it wasn't for that, you wouldn't have very many innovative new breakthroughs to apply to problems like this, you'd have rehashed old solutions that just work well enough.

elwood

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

volksdragon — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:21:18 EDT

thats not HDR, thats photoshop filter-abuse

volksdragon

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

Grambo — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:41:00 EDT

@Miater: I agree, the HDR is pretty awful.

Grambo

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rkwadd — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:24:41 EDT

Oh and did I mention that I was jealous of him?

rkwadd

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

rkwadd — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:24:02 EDT

My girlfriend's dad is out there working for DARPA. When asked what he was doing, he explained that he'd be "standing in the desert next to a cone holding a stopwatch for 8 hrs."

rkwadd

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

A3rd.Zero — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:14:55 EDT

@ SwapMeat: That would be "Gaffer tape" as in Gaffer from the theatre and motion picture industry.

A3rd.Zero

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Ipschnug — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:08:31 EDT

@SwapMeat: No doubt, what better chance will humanity get to make some dekatora/robot awesomeness?

Ipschnug

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

SwapMeat — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:47:45 EDT

Seriously... that blue Jeep Cherokee set up. $25,000 starters kit + cameras, radar etc? and it looks like a Radio Shack barfed over it. It would look better if they used my former 50-in-1 projects electronics kit (also make an AM radio powered by a potato!) and a bit of gaffa tape.

Thinking the E-stop buttons should be mandatory on the outside of city driven SUV's

SwapMeat

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:27:38 EDT

Does that main photo look like a Guns 'n Roses sleeve graphic to anyone else?

Good luck to all these guys, especially the collegers.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

DARPA Grand Challenge: Corporate vs. Collegiate

Miater — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:12:13 EDT

cool stuff... I thought this used to be off road?? pictures are pretty ugly with all the "HDR" thing going on... see this on fickr but to see it in journalism is a little disappointing.

Miater