DARPA Grand Challenge Says "Look Mom, No Driver"

BARSTOW, CA - MARCH 13: Military personel watch as the SciAutononics II autonomous, or un-manned, vehicle leaves the starting line in a quest for a million-dollar prize at the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Challenge on March 13, 2004 near Barstow, California. The Pentagon is seeking technology from the civilian sector to build un-manned vehicles to go to places too dangerous for soldiers to go. The Red Team's Sandstorm, which ran off-course and onto rocks after only 7.5 miles, went the farthest of the 15 vehicles on the race across the Mojave from near Barstow, California to Primm, Nevada. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)