It's already been won by MIT: http://www.darpa.mil/news/2009/DARPAnetworkchallengewinner2009.pdf http://www.darpa.mil/news/2009/DARPAnetworkchallengewinner20...

It's already been won by MIT: http://www.darpa.mil/news/2009/DARPAnetworkchallengewinner2009.pdf http://www.darpa.mil/news/2009/DARPAnetworkchallengewinner20... Moral of the story: implementation before ideas.