In the 1956 Oscar-winning short film “The Red Balloon,” it was the balloon that did all the chasing of a little French boy. This weekend, you can turn the tables on the helium-filled children’s playthings as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and its Network Challenge — a race to be the first to find the locations of 10 red balloons somewhere in the continental U.S. However, unlike the cable-friendly antics of a certain notorious Colorado family, this balloon chase is on the up-and-up.
Team DeciNena (think of the 80's song about 99 Red Balloons) is one of the best-organized and fastest growing, and we are now incorporating other teams into our web site and recruiting teams to join us if they feel they are too small to compete alone.
We are offering to share part of the prize money with all participants who are active on Dec 5th, not JUST the actual balloon finder (who will receive a larger reward).
Join us, and tell all your friends. That's what the whole goal of the challenge is -- to build large teams quickly.
We have a strong team (I Spy a Red Balloon) that is giving all of the prize money to charity (Red Cross). If you see a red balloon in the sky on Dec. 5th, let us know at:
http://www.ispyaredballoon.com/
or at facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=201028633372
or
(text messages): (262) I-SPY-SPY (262-477-9779)
We have set up a website for folks who want to join our team http://www.red-balloons.com - We are on Facebook (Red Balloon Challenge). Visit our website to see what the red balloons actually look like. :)
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Social Networkers to Chase Red Balloons for $40K Prize
Posted by: Renay San Miguel December 2, 2009 08:41 AMIn the 1956 Oscar-winning short film “The Red Balloon,” it was the balloon that did all the chasing of a little French boy. This weekend, you can turn the tables on the helium-filled children’s playthings as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and its Network Challenge — a race to be the first to find the locations of 10 red balloons somewhere in the continental U.S. However, unlike the cable-friendly antics of a certain notorious Colorado family, this balloon chase is on the up-and-up.
We are offering to share part of the prize money with all participants who are active on Dec 5th, not JUST the actual balloon finder (who will receive a larger reward).
Join us, and tell all your friends. That's what the whole goal of the challenge is -- to build large teams quickly.
http://decinena.com
http://www.ispyaredballoon.com/
or at facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=201028633372
or
(text messages): (262) I-SPY-SPY (262-477-9779)
science, and help charity!
Find all the information about our approach at
http://balloon.media.mit.edu/
THANK YOU AND... GOOD LUCK!
The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team