DARPA Grand Challenge

A few days ago, The Straits Times reported:
SINGAPORE Technologies Kinetics' Spider Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) will be racing through the desert for a US$2 million (S$3.36 million) prize.

Apparently...
The Cornell team started with one of the most rugged off-road vehicles available, a Spider Light Strike Vehicle, manufactured and donated by Singapore Technologies.
Read more about it here.

And if you are interested to find out more, check out the DARPA Grand Challenge webpage.

Note: DARPA is a US military agency. DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.