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NEWS ABOUT: DARPA

DARPA stories: 9 news summaries

Pentagon Project Aims to Create Telepathic Troops

DARPA boffins tasked with turning brain waves into silent words

May 15, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon has launched a project officials hope will help soldiers of the future read each other's minds on the battlefield, Wired reports. DARPA—dubbed the military's "mad scientist" division—has been given $4 million to develop technology that can detect and analyze brain waves that precede specific speech.... More »

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Pentagon • US military • brain • neuroscience • DARPA • scientific research • Jay-ZTV • telepathy

(Newser) - Scientists have developed electricity-generating fibers that can be embedded in clothing and other materials and draw power from the smallest of movements, LiveScience reports. The zinc oxide nanowires are as small as 1/5,000th the width of a human hair and produce energy when they vibrate, even from blood flowing... More »

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technology • electricity • nanotechnology • DARPA • consumer electronics • scientific research • zinc oxide • military applications

 Pentagon Aims for 
 Target-Seeking Bullet 

'Can't miss' sniper round being developed 

Nov 27, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon wants to develop a bullet that can change course in midflight to seek its target, Wired reports. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency yesterday committed $22 million to producing the superbullet—"an actively controlled .50 caliber projectile that uses information for real time directional flight control"—... More »

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Pentagon • Lockheed Martin • Army snipers • DARPA • ammunition • guided bullet • Teledyne Scientific & Imaging • advanced technology • secret weapon • ordnance

 What We Can Learn
 From Being Dog-Tired 

Sled dogs' metabolism may yield clues on fighting human fatigue

May 6, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan sled dogs racing for days on end don’t get tired out the way a human runner would, the New York Times reports, and researchers eager to imitate this fatigue resistance in people—particularly soldiers—say it’s because they’re somehow able to change their metabolism. “Suddenly... More »

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medical research • DARPA • metabolism • fatigue • sled dogs • Oklahoma State University • Texas A&M

Pentagon Inventing Group Hits 50, Looks to Next Strides

Freewheeling DARPA helped create the Internet

Apr 8, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small Defense Department agency credited with inventing the Internet and rockets that sent men to the moon is turning 50, the Washington Post reports, and is fine-tuning its next innovations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's work spans biology, satellites and aircraft; it has no permanent labs and its... More »

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Department of Defense • inventions • moon • Sputnik • DARPA • rockets

Building a Computer That Learns What You Want

PC 'assistant' could prioritize, even decide

Dec 1, 07 6:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Wouldn't it be nice if your computer could figure out what you wanted it to do? That dream just might be approaching reality, thanks to a project called CALO that aims to teach computers to understand users' intentions, according to the MIT Technology Review. "If CALO succeeds, it'll be... More »

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artificial intelligence • computer programming • DARPA • CALO • SRI International • computer

Carnegie Mellon Wins $2M in Robot Car Race

Only three of 11 cars finished the 60 miles in 6 hours allotted

Nov 4, 07 11:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A robot car built by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors beat out ten others to win a race for self-driving vehicles, race officials announced today. The cars had 6 hours to complete a 60-mile course—including missions like parking and merging into traffic—in pursuit of a $2 million... More »

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California • Virginia Tech • General Motors • Stanford University • car race • driving • robotics • Carnegie Mellon University • DARPA • Urban Challenge

Robots, Start Your Engines

University and research lab teams to compete on mock city course

Nov 2, 07 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the most high-tech vehicles in the world will compete for big money by zipping around a race course tomorrow, all without one low-tech component—a human driver. Eleven robotic vehicles will race in a simulated city environment at a former Air Force base in California, Forbes reports. The... More »

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US military • robots • DARPA • autonomous cars • Urban Challenge

SEALs to Get Swimming Gizmo

New device will help fighters swim up to 150% faster and arrive less tired

Oct 8, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Navy SEALs will be swimming to their targets up to 150% faster when they get a new Pentagon gizmo called a PowerSwim. It looks like a mini-glider that attaches to a diver's legs, Popular Mechanics reports. SEALs reportedly take about 2 hours to master it; they have to learn a... More »

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Pentagon • penguin • dolphin • DARPA • PowerSwim • glutes • quads • Navy SEALs

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