Minor update on the outcome of the DARPA "great robo race" - where an unmanned vehicle should cross a distance of 142 miles in the desert outside Las Vegas.
All told 13 robots were allowed to start the race - a lucky number for the premier event - and the "winner" travelled a whooping 7,4 miles, or around 5% of the total distance... way to go Red Team!
can't wait for next year, maybe they'll make it to 10 or 25% of the course? Now, if I could only find a Lego Robotics Invention kit!
A short sidenote, also from Wired, really fascinating photo techniques used by Matthew Pillsbury - we move but the computers stay (wired 12.05 - just finished the may issue due to travelling, june and july are lined up - good times!)
...and the sun stays close by all night - making it light yet dark...
