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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[No money... and research for government?  I don't think so.  Those group B guys would be better off selling the technology to private firms who could put it to some use.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2006 5:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heh, maybe they should just give out 1 million worth of GOLD BARS as the trophy...wink wink nudge nudge DARPA!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tekdemon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2006 5:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[the thing is, this is how they are going to sell that technology to private firms.<br><br>no one is going to buy untested technology, and this is as good a proving ground for it as you can find.  (more-over, it is a recognized proving ground, being able to say "we came in 2nd in darpa's grand challenge" is quite valuble. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[catfish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2006 5:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm a team leader for one of the Track B teams that is probably not going to be able to compete now.  This actually is not due to the prize money being pulled rather the milestone bonuses - previous hand outs were to be 50 and 100 thousand & that's how we were going to fund our work.  Very sad for engineering and science.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigStig]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2006 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[Awesome...Cornell made the list of Team A participants!  First we conquered Robocup...Grand Challenge, here we come!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ketan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 5th 2006 1:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Pike's Peak hill climb was NOT completed and has been rescheduled to 2007.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 5th 2006 2:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[yes, and its NOT funded by DARPA. There is only ONE DARPA funded challenge this year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 5th 2006 8:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[What congressional ruling was recently passed that does not allow DARPA to hand out cash prizes?  And who was the genius congressman that we can all write to in protest?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 5th 2006 10:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 2006 DARPA Grand Challenge teams announced, prize plummets to zero dollars]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/04/2006-darpa-grand-challenge-teams-announced-prize-plummets-to-ze/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gotta leave it to Congress to screw up and complicate everything.<br><br>Now that there's no cash, good luck DARPA.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Z]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2006 7:59AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
