Wed, Jan 6 | from Wired
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...

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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

Pentagon Scientists Target Iran’s Nuclear Mole Men

Attacking the Iranian nuclear program would be a massive undertaking, though but not necessarily impossible. However, it would certainly appear that the United States is the only nation with the capability to carry out such an attack. As far as we know, Israel lacks both the sensor techn...
Mon, Jan 11 | from Wired

Pentagon Scientists Target Iran’s Nuclear Molemen

Darpa clearly believe that it is possible to locate and “characterize” underground facilities – this can mean everything from looking at what sort of vehicles come and go, to monitoring communications traffic or atmospheric sampling for traces of tell-tale nuclear material. It is har...
Mon, Jan 11 | from Wired

Military Science: Hack Stormy Skies to Lord over Lightning

The United States is home to thunderstorms of various type, duration, scale and intensity. This program would like to capitalize on the unique geographic features of various locations across the CONUS [Continental United States] that offer an increased likelihood of intercepting t...
Fri, Dec 18 | 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

MIT Urban

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Tue, Dec 1 | from vimeo.com

Army Eyes Missiles Filled With Flying Spy Bots

Darpa launched a similar research effort a few years back. If the Army’s attempt works, it’d be a first for the military: unmanned, long-range, ultra-high-speed surveillance. And the drone-filled missiles would double as aerial weapons: The Army wants the proposed unmanned aerial veh...
Tue, Nov 17 | from Wired

30 Days, No Landing: Darpa Aims for Drone Endurance Record

If phase one is any guide, ideas for the long-fliers will be pretty wild. Lockheed’s proposal included a robo-plane with rotating tails that swiveled to collect sunlight. Aurora Aerospace’s Odysseus concept (see illo above) counts on sending three vehicles into the air, and then have th...
Tue, Oct 27 | from Wired