Two years ago, defence secretary Robert Gates killed off the Marines' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle -- a $13 billion (£8 billion) misfire of an attempt to build an armoured boat that could make landfall and still get around on the beach. But on 14 January, the US Department of Defense will give the public the chance to design something better.
The DoD's forward-thinking Darpa group plans to release open-source software that will let anyone design and run virtual tests on their own swimming tank. And more than that, it will kick off the first phase of a contest where you can pit your amphibious tank design against everyone else's. The prize: $1 million (£620,000).
By: Robert McMillan, Edited by: David Cornish
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/11/darpa-open-source-code
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