GPS Robot Boats to Race Across Atlantic

Small ROBOTIC BOATS from all over the world are set to race each other next year across the Atlantic, some 4,000 miles from Brittany, France, to the Caribbean. The race, called Microtransat 2008, was conceived by a computer scientist at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Entry boats must be "fully autonomous" (they can use GPS), self-sufficient in terms of energy (via solar panels) and no longer than 13 feet.