DARPA Wants 'Precision Jamming' To Deny Communication
Source: no one has to die tomorrow
DARPA is seeking proposals for a way to use an array of low-power transmitter nodes in the sky and on the ground to perform "surgical jamming" that will knock out communications signals "on the order of a city block corner" while leaving surrounding areas unaffected.
Bring Back NASA's Crazy Idea Factory
Source: Wired News
For just less than a decade, NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts was the staid space agency's big-vision mashup of Willy Wonka's factory, DARPA and your crazy uncle's garage workshop. And now experts want to bring it back.
Pentagon Preps Soldier Telepathy Push
Source: Wired News
Before being vocalized, speech exists as word-specific neural signals in the mind. Darpa wants to develop technology that would detect these signals of "pre-speech," analyze them, and then transmit the statement to an intended interlocutor.
DARPA to Explore Geoengineering
Source: Science: Current Issue
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking into Geoengineering with claims that it's study is useful in case of a future "climate emergency".
DARPA orders hypersonic Nazi Doodlebug engine
Source: The Register (UK)
Rebellious Pentagon boffins, whose plans for a really cool hypersonic robot stunt plane were stymied by stick-in-the-mud Washington politicos, have managed to sneak through an alternative project.
Military is Considering Geoengineering for Climate Change Crisis
Source: Science: Current Issue
DARPA is holding a meeting to discuss studies in dramatic measures to mitigate Climate Change. The session, scheduled for Wednesday (March 18), is bound to stir up controversy because a lot of scientists can foresee dangers when the military controls technology.
Bots on the Battlefield to Join MASH
Source: Wired News
A small robot prototype is being developed by U. of Hawaii researcher, Peter Berkelman, to do surgery on the battlefield. This robot is small, portable, can be sterilized in an autoclave--and should provide medics with a great extra set of hands.
Dude, Where's My Flying Car? Ask DARPA.
Source: aviationweek.com
Hurry and you might just get your bid in for a DARPA contract to demonstrate a flying car. The deadline for proposal submissions is Jan. 14. Before you strap some wings onto your Yugo, you might want to check what DARPA is looking for.
Provigil - For Vigilant Professionals
Source: The Huffington Post
When the American journalist David Plotz took Provigil, he said it should be given a slogan. Just as valium was marketed as "the housewife's little helper," he said this should be sold as "the boss' little helper." It makes you work better and harder than before. More Articles
From military device to life-saving surgery tool
Source: CNN
Originally designed as a military tool for the United States Department of Defense (DOD), the fiber-optic invention is revolutionizing the ways surgeons carry out brain surgeries.The "Omni directional dielectric mirror" was created by Prof. Yoel Fink,MIT scholar,IDF veteran.
Army Science to Focus on 'Disruptive Technology'
Source: nanotechwire.com
"At the Army Science Conference we are showcasing seven areas we believe will give rise to disruptive technologies for our Soldiers in the future," he said. "It is not just the individual areas themselves, but it is also the synergy that exists among these areas."
Researchers want a submersible airplane
Source: networkworld.com
This sounds like something straight out of a James Bond movie but no, it's real and it's your government: Those way out engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) want to build an aircraft that's as capable of zipping through the sky as it is underwater.
Big Dog: Quadruped Robot
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BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system.
The man generally recognized as a "Father of the Internet", Vinton Cerf is the co-designer with Robert Kahn of TCP/IP protocols and the basic architecture of the Internet. Vinton G. Cerf is currently vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google.
Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
Source: Wired News
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected."
Researchers seek to demystify the metabolic magic of sled dogs
Source: International Herald Tribune
When humans engage in highly strenuous exercise day after day, they start to metabolize the body's reserves, depleting glycogen and fat stores. When cells run out of energy, a result is fatigue, and exercise grinds to a halt until those sources are replenished.