Listener Jenny in Juneau sent along this heads up last night about something called The DARPA Network Challenge, which is basically a sort of social networking contest / scavenger hunt involving 10 ...

Almost as soon as it was launched, in only nine hours in fact, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that the MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won the $40,000 cash prize in the ...

"In the 40 years since this breakthrough, the Internet has become an integral part of society and the global economy," said Dr. Regina E. Dugan, director of DARPA, in a statement. "The DARPA Network ...

Sure, but I will only be able to search the greater St. Louis area and we'll probably want as many people in as many places as possible, which will seriously limit the per-person winnings. Which is ...