Garymortimer writes with word of the result from a high-tech student war that doesn't come with sponsorship from DARPA or Mobil — far from it. Instead, the sponsors include "military and non-military organizations" within Iran. "In this competition, entries must provide a UAV equipped with a camera to search a 10 square kilometer area for at least 40 minutes to find 3 square meter marks on the ground with strange English letters on them. Finding ground targets and reporting the geo locus are test for allotment the contest winner." (This article updates another from last year, which gives some more details about the competition.)

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