Tag: DARPA
Why this Navy SEAL Founded Cybersecurity Accelerator DataTribe
'My 15-year-old daughter could have hacked OPM'
DARPA’s Newest Invention Could Double Your Internet Speed
Complaints about Internet speed might not be around much longer thanks to new research out of DARPA that could double the speed of Internet...
Facebook Scoops Ex-DARPA Chief From Google to Build Hardware
Google senior executive Regina Dugan, who led the search engine giants' Advanced Technologies and Projects Group and previously served as DARPA's director, is joining Menlo Park, Calif-based Facebook...
Here Are the Tech Industry’s Most Powerful Women in Washington
Washington, D.C. is full of powerful women. While far from parity, there's more than a few women in different industries who have risen to...
DARPA Hunts for Robots in Arlington
An eager crowd gathered to listen to a DARPA program manager talk about how his agency wants to give them money to build robots...
DARPA Will Start Testing Laser Cannons to Shoot Missiles Out of...
DARPA is going to start shooting missiles and rockets out of the sky with laser beams when it tests the High-Energy Liquid Laser Area...
Hackers Say They Can Control Planes; This Va. Company Is Working...
Less than a week removed from news that a commercial airliner was allegedly hacked and redirected in midair by One World Labs Founder Chris...
DARPA is Crowdsourcing Robots for National Security
DARPA is reaching out to robotics enthusiasts to help improve national security. The agency's new Robotics Fast Track program basically crowdsources robot designs. It...
DARPA is Taking Drones Parasailing
DARPA's Tern project is designed to create drone systems that can land and take off from smaller ships at sea, and the first phase...
How DARPA Will Improve Your Memory
DARPA has a new program to get into your brain and improve your memory and skills. The Restoring Active Memory Replay program will spend...
Watch DARPA’s Self-Steering Bullets in Action [Video]
DARPA's latest sci-fi program is a kind of bullet that can direct itself mid-flight, hitting targets that would normally be extraordinarily difficult or impossible...
DARPA Wants to Make the Internet of Things Power Efficient
New technology will create 'asleep yet aware' sensors
DARPA is Asking for Ideas on How to End Software Updates
DARPA wants to end the hassle of software updates by making systems that will adapt themselves to changes well enough to not need them...
This is DARPA’s Vision of the Future of Air War [Video]
DARPA wants the U.S. to keep its edge when it comes to fighting in the sky and is working on a new kind of...
DARPA Taps Northrop Grumman to Build Its Drone Carrier Ships
DARPA has contracted Northrop Grumman in Maryland to build drone systems that can use small-deck ships as aircraft carriers as part of its Tern...
DARPA is Building Jets That Think for Themselves
DARPA wants to build aircraft that can handle most of the flying on their own.
The goal of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System is to...
DARPA Will Teach Computers to Think and Talk Like People
DARPA wants to teach computers how to communicate better with people. It sounds like a science fiction version of couples therapy, but improving communication...
Watch Google’s Robot Dog Run [Video]
Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics has built a new robot dog named Spot. Despite the friendly name, the 160 lbs. robot looks like it will...
Watch DARPA Launch Satellites From Military Jets [Video]
DARPA has worked out how to get a satellite in orbit in less than 24 hours without even using a regular rocket launch –...
DARPA Asks Companies How to Turn Planes into Drone Delivery Platforms
DARPA wants to turn airplanes into flying aircraft carriers capable of carrying smaller drones all around the world and it wants to hear ideas...