Reflecting on the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge

Authors:
John C. Tang;Manuel Cebrian;Nicklaus A. Giacobe;Hyun-Woo Kim;Taemie Kim;Douglas "Beaker" Wickert
Affiliations:
Microsoft Research, Mountain View, CA;University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA;Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
2011

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Finding 10 balloons across the U.S. illustrates how the Internet has changed the way we solve highly distributed problems.