$40,000 of Red Balloons

[Tenley Nadine]

Send your information (name, city, state and phone #) to [e-mail] if you'll be able to help search and confirm.

More information on the challenge here: https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx

[Benjamin Buchanan]

@ Gorden Freeman: Actually, Tim Berners-Lee is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW) in a proposal at MIT in 1989, not the internet. The internet is a the network connections between computers using routers and packet switching technology in send information electronically. The first network was the ARPANET, set up by ARPA, now know as DARPA, and was set up 40 years ago. There were only 2 protocols on that network at the time, File Transfer, and Telnet. Email was added in 1970, but it wasn't until 1991 that Web Pages we enjoy so much today came around. And yes, Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea and was deeply involved in its implementation.

[Melissa]

Gah, bummer.

[Trogdorable]

Winner has been announced. MIT Red Ballon Challenge Team https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx
Good effort guys!

[Cloudbubble]

i was sick today so i spent all day looking at traffic cams (instead of actually being out there looking for the balloons) and... NOTHING!! hope other nerdfighters had better luck!!!

[Laura Goldstein]

Here's a list of some of the teams...
http://redballoon.wikispaces.com/Groups

[Sam Warner]

Non US nerdfighters who want to help look could try searching the traffic cams http://www.trafficland.com/
All balloons are supposed to be visible from the road.

[Gorden Freeman]

A Englishman man actually invented the internet see this article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee

why is he not being mentioned? i feel this is abit dishonorable to the British nation

[Taylor 'Brain Picker' Buchanan]

This is so cool! I wish I could participate.

[Matthew]

Great idea guys! Even though i won't be able to go out searching, i'll keep my eyes peeled for you!

Re: satellites
Sorry to be the buzzkill, but the satellite pictures would have to be taken during the time period of the contest and be made available before any other team's conventional spotting methods won the contest for them. Any satellite system that would be covering enough territory and making the pictures available that quickly is likely to have a resolution so low that an 8-foot balloon looks like a single red pixel. Also: As smart as the nerdfighters are, i'm guessing MIT will already have covered this angle too if it's at all feasible. And P.S. Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer, but forecast shows cloudcover over a significant portion of the US tomorrow.

[ina dominiak]

But who is William Green I've received my balloon email from?