"On Thursday afternoon, a pickup modified by brothers David and Bruce Hall of Morgan Hill to drive without any human intervention succeeded in completing a test course laid out for the DARPA Grand Challenge race Saturday. Team Digital Auto Drive, the full name of the Hall effort, is one of just seven vehicles to finish the qualifying round among a roster of 21 teams," reports the Mercury News.
"This just about guarantees Team D.A.D. will be on the starting line for the 200-mile off-road race from the desert town of Barstow to the Nevada-California border. The vehicles are allowed 10 hours to complete the route, with no humans behind the wheel or intervening by remote control, and the first vehicle across the finish line -- if any makes it that far -- gets $1 million."
BBC News has more about the race, and more photos.....
