The FLYPMode was chosen out of a pool of over 150 viable designs that were submitted to the auto engineers at Local Motors. The concepts were submitted by various businesses, designers, and car lovers. After the community picked the winning blueprint — which netted the lucky designer a $7,500 prize from DARPA — it was up to Local Motors to take it from paper to pavement. They did just that, putting the total timeframe between request and prototype at just 1/5th of current defense contractor efforts.
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