Soon, your car may be smarter than you; and it might just be because of you. Carnegie Mellon researchers are trying to make electric cars more efficient, and they want your help. They've created a contest-open to anyone in the world with Internet access and intuition on devising an algorithm-to determine how electric cars can use electricity more efficiently. The winning algorithm will net the creator, what else, an electric car. Details are available at chargecar.org.
-Nicholas Ducassi (A'10)