10.27.2006

IN THE FUTURE -- ROBOT CARS AND SPACE ELEVATORS

If you’ve been planning to win some money this year with your mad skills as a science geek you might want to shift your work away from robot-driven cars and move into the field of space elevators. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced last week that a $2 million grand prize which was awarded last year to the winners of a robot race through the Mojave desert will be replaced by three shiny trophies for the winning teams. What a thrill! But there’s still a chance to win some money if you can figure out how to build a robot which can climb up 60,000-mile long space elevator at a minimum speed of one meters per second. The winning robot will win $150,000. (AP / NewsTarget)
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Brian Dunbar said...

But there’s still a chance to win some money if you can figure out how to build a robot which can climb up 60,000-mile long space elevator at a minimum speed of one meters per second. The winning robot will win $150,000.

Or even, you know, build a business around the idea and make the big bucks. Just saying.

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