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Pentagon Searches for ‘Digital DNA’ to Identify Hackers
These “digital artifacts” will be collected from “traditional computers, personal digital assistants, and/or distributed information systems such as ‘cloud computers’,” as well as “from wired or wireless networks, or collected storage media. The format may include electronic do...
Tue, Jan 26 | from Wired
Darpa: U.S. Geek Shortage is a National Security Risk
The Pentagon’s far-out research arm Darpa is soliciting proposals for initiatives that would attract teens to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), with an emphasis on computing. According to the Computer Research Association, computer science enrollment d...
Fri, Jan 15 | from Wired
Hey, Kids! Spacecraft Cluster Control Is Fun!
SPHERES — the acronym stands for Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, and Reorient Experimental Satellites — is a NASA- and Darpa-funded effort to test formation flying and autonomous docking for future satellites. (You can read more about the project, developed at the MIT Space Syst...
Wed, Jan 6 | from Wired
Spot 10 Balloons, Win $40000
guardian.co.uk Darpa has hosted competitions in the past, such as the 2004 Grand Challenge and the 2007 Urban Challenge, which sought to develop automated vehicles that ... Social Media, the Military, and the Public Sphere(s)San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, Dec 4 | from Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’
How will the user know that those two vehicles highlighted were the probable attack vehicles in the suicide vehicle bombing? How will the user understand the significance of a highlighted facility which may represent a new meeting location for a terrorist group? Users should have full...
Thu, Sep 24 | from Wired
Darpa’s Handheld Nuclear Fusion Reactor
And much smaller. The electromagnet for ITER alone weighs 925 tons, so it’s not likely to be made small enough for a vehicle or any other mobile application, Darpa, on the other hand, cheerily indicates that its project will go on to produce “handheld power sources.”
Mon, Jul 6 | from Wired
Bomb Detection CEO Named New Darpa Boss
Mechanical engineer and defense entrepreneur Regina Dugan has been named the new director of Darpa, the Pentagon’s premiere research arm. Dugan will now be in charge of more than $3.2 billion’s worth of high-risk science and technology projects — everything from thinking computers to s...
Thu, Jul 2 | from Wired
Rangel Steers Darpa Millions to Natural History Museum
“We don’t actually collaborate formally with the Department of Defense, but we do think that our work is relevant to them,” says Amato. He runs regular meetings with public health professionals and evolutionary biologists, but the group only puts in a yearly phone call to a Darpa program...
Wed, Jun 10 | from Wired
Darpa’s Simple Plan to Track Targets Everywhere
The NetTrack overview on the Darpa website gives few details, but the strategic plan gives a better idea of how it might work. Using software tools, the system could stitch together information from a variety of sensors (synthetic aperture radar, optical, video, acoustic sensors, movi...
Thu, May 21 | from Wired
Darpa Wants a Lab for Sim Afghanistans
The U.S. military is bankrolling a dozen or more programs, to create Sim Afghansitans and Sim Iraqs where they can test their war plans. The problem is, each model-maker uses his own set of country-building software, his own set of data about the country's social, cultural, and political st...
Thu, Mar 5 | from Wired News
Who'll Be the Next Darpa Chief?
Tony Tether, the long-time chief of Darpa, is stepping down. So who'll be the next to head up the Pentagon's premiere research agency -- and become the country's most visible defense geek? Several different names keep coming up. In no particular order, they include:
Wed, Feb 11 | from Wired News
Tether, Longest-Serving Darpa Chief, is Out
So it's over. Tony The longest-serving chief of the Pentagon's premiere research agency is stepping down. Tony Tether was appointed by then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to head Darpa in 2001. But, defying convention, Tether expected to remain in charge of the agency through the...
Mon, Feb 9 | from Wired News
Software Swarm to Spot Rockets Before They're Fired
There are plenty of systems out there to identify the direction of a shooter after he has opened fire. But it might be too late by then. That's why Darpa is developing a system to spot a rocket propelled grenade before it's fired. It's a major challenge, but the solution may lie with a swarm of sof...
Wed, Feb 4 | from Wired News
Darpa Chief Staying on - For Now
Tony Tether, the controversial chief of Pentagon premiere research agency Darpa, will remain in office during the Obama administration. At least, for a little while. "Dr. Tether will be here after Jan. 20, and there's no formal date on which he plans to leave," Darpa spokesman Jan Walker tel...
Fri, Jan 9 | from Wired News
Pentagon Clears Flying Car Project for Take-Off
Darpa hopes its "Personal Air Vehicle Technology" project, announced yesterday, will ultimately lead to a working prototype of a military-suitable flying car -- a two-to-four passenger vehicle that can "drive on roads" one minute, and take off like a helicopter the next. The hybrid ma...
Thu, Nov 13 | from Wired News
DARPA Grand Challenge vs. European Land Robot | Danger Room from ...
Basically, the vehicle even was equipped very similarly, but in contrast to the Darpa Grand Challenge where the vehicles drive along a track that connects waypoints, defined by GPS navigation, the European Land Robot Trial does not ...
Thu, Sep 6 | from Wired News
