quote:Congress has changed the Secretary of Defense’s authorities and DARPA no longer has authority to carry out programs to award cash prizes.
DARPA's grand challenge has been extremely successful in spurring technological development in robotics directly useful to DARPA's intended purposes. This is far from pork, being awards by the government purely in exchange for technological advancements that help the government achieve pertinent goals.
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Wow. That is pretty sad. I'm not sure I fully disagree with that conclusion. I mean, congress seems to be saying that it is ok to pay for random bridges that don't really help that many people, but we can't seem to find the funds to reward those who are advancing technology.
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