California software developer Octavio Good and her team won $50,000 for reassembling shredded documents. Host Audie Cornish talks to Good about the Pentagon-sponsored contest.
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/11/143532096/big-cash-prize-for-untangling-shredded-paper
The Internet is situated in the real world, and interesting experiences have to blend physical and digital. Mixing new technology - Arduinos, GPS, RFID, QRcodes - and old (web, paper), we present examples of the recently possible future, and the lessons we’ve learnt. And we’ll make something along the way.