DARPA, the real inventors of the Internet (sorry Al), is conducting an experiment to determine the usefulness of social networks in solving certain kinds of problems.
Tomorrow they will launch 10 red balloons, tethered at fixed locations somewhere in the continental United States. The first person or organization to submit the location of all 10 balloons will win a $40,000 prize.
Groundspeak, the organization that runs geocaching.com, is enlisting the help of the geocaching community. If they win the prize, they are going to add $10,000 of their own money to it and award $50,000 to schools that need GPS equipment through donorschoose.org.
So if you see a big, red, tethered balloon on Saturday, December 5, email the location to darpa@groundspeak.com.
To follow Groundspeak's attempt to win the prize, follow their blog: 10 Balloonies or follow them on Twitter.
Friday, December 4, 2009
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