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December 3, 2011 01:01 am GMT

All Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S. Wins $50,000 DARPA Shredder Challenge

puzzle1_(1 of 1)_400dpiA San Francisco-based team has just won the DARPA Shredder Challenge. DARPA, the government agency whose work led to the creation of the Internet, challenged the public to reconstruct five shredded documents. The winning team, called "All Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S." completed the task in 33 days, spending nearly 600 man-hours building algorithms and piecing together more than 10,000 shreds.9,000 teams registered to compete. The winning teams gets a $50,000 prize paid for by the U.S. Treasury.

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