DAPRA's Regina E. Dugan, 40th Internet Anniversary conference, UCLA

Director announces the DARPA Network Challenge to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The competition requires participants to discover the exact position of 10 large, red weather balloons that DARPA will place in undisclosed locations across the continental United States. The first person to identify the location of all the balloons will win a $40,000 cash prize.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director Regina Dugan is speaking at UCLA's 40th Anniversary of the Internet celebration, hosted by Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, October 29, 2009.

"The DARPA Network Challenge explores the unprecedented ability of the Internet to bring people together to solve tough problems."

Forty years ago, the first Internet message was sent from the UCLA School of Engineering to the Stanford Research Institute.

Captured Live on Ustream.tv at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/internet-40th-anniversary-ucla

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[zaphraud]

@heysure lol. 8 minutes in?

Also, I'm clicking on your icons of science while I do in my kitchen what academia fails to perform in their labs. lolol.

[zaphraud]

DERPANET.

LOL LA PREPPED.

[vachespagnole]

Warmongers will get my invention, the RARD (radioactive-robotic dildo) where it was designed to go. This woman will be one of the bitches who gets it first. Designing the killing machines of the future is not sexy, it's disturbing.

[pvallette]

1mit one

2nerdfighters shold have

[courtneymichelle8]

NERD FIGHTERS are going to win 100% hands down.

[ANGSTROMUSH]

Awesome! This is brilliant.

[junkobrian]

Let me get this right.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is paying $40,000.00 to anyone that locates 10 balloons first.

hmm.....

This is who the Obama administration put in charge of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

[heysure]

Challenge announce at 8:10.