Foursprung: Build a robot car and win $ 2M

Are you into cars and gadgets and you have a little bit more talent for building technology? So this maybe your chance - if you want to support the U.S. military.

The Pentagon's Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which sponsored two "Grange Challenge" autonomous robot car competitions, announced today an URBAN CHALLENGE. The new "DARPA Urban Challenge" calls on scientists, engineers and robot hobbyists to build computer-controlled cars and trucks that can DRIVE BY THEMSELVES THROUGH A CITY. The big race takes place November 3, 2007. The winner gets $2 million once again, second place gets $500,000 and third place takes home $250,000.

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