DARPA just unintentionally created a ‘rocket radar’
A U.S. defense project meant to track underground explosions just made a surprising discovery: it can also detect rockets falling from space. While studying shockwaves …
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The Pentagon is going to spend $2 billion on AI because things are getting serious now
If North Korea’s dear leader wakes up tomorrow, takes a crazy pill and decides to lob a nuclear missile at the U.S. mainland, there’s a …
DARPA develops digital copilot for military aircraft
ALIAS can fly a military helicopter and then move into another aircraft and fly that too— and ALIAS is not human. Driverless cars may have …
‘Mayhem’ rules as DARPA’s battle of the machines hits Las Vegas
What if machines could outsmart would-be attackers to protect national security? A system called “Mayhem” has clinched the $2 million top prize in DARPA’s Cyber …
DARPA aims to develop smarter, nimbler vehicles
DARPA announced on Tuesday that it has awarded contracts to eight organizations to develop more intelligent, more agile ground vehicles that aren’t burdened by extra …
DARPA’s crazy plane design could allow for vertical takeoffs
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has helped develop a lot of wondrous technology over the years, including most notably the Internet. This week, the …
Advanced chip from DARPA can create unjammable electronic devices for the battlefield
The ability to jam an enemy’s communications systems during battle has become an increasingly important and strategic part of modern-day warfare. With today’s battlefield packed …
We Definitely Want to Live on Mars – Here’s How We Plan to Tame the Red Planet
Living on Mars isn’t exactly something we can do today, but future generations might choose to settle there, once we’ve tamed the red planet. To …
Watch this now: Hilarious blooper video shows incredible hi-tech robots… falling down
It is not at all hyperbole to say that the DARPA Robotics Challenge gives us a glimpse of the future. Robotics experts come together to have their …
