Darpa articles

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  US defense agency taking proposals for 'disposable' imaging satellites for soldiers

  By Adi Robertson on March 13, 2012 05:35 pm + 12 comments

  DARPA, which handles research for the US military, is looking for industry input on a new system Continue reading…

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  DARPA director Regina Dugan leaving to take a 'senior executive position' with Google

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 12, 2012 05:39 pm + 11 comments

  Regina Dugan, director at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is planning to Continue reading…

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  DARPA-funded Cheetah robot breaks land speed record for bots with legs

  By Andrew Webster on March 5, 2012 01:31 pm + 49 comments

  Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land, and now DARPA's Cheetah robot has become the fastest robot Continue reading…

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  DARPA's 'Avatar' project will put $7 million into robot surrogates

  By Adi Robertson on February 17, 2012 01:09 pm + 26 comments

  The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, may have the keenest sense of irony Continue reading…

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  Boston Robotics' AlphaDog takes its first steps in the wilderness

  By Ryan Heise on February 9, 2012 08:10 am + 18 comments

  We watched Boston Robotics' LS3 AlphaDog traipse around the confines of a lab last October, but the Continue reading…

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  F-BOMB spy machine is made from $50 in off-the-shelf computer parts

  By Adi Robertson on January 27, 2012 06:33 pm + 10 comments

  The military may spend billions on research and development, but not all spy technology needs to be Continue reading…

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  US military to crowdsource software testing with games

  By T.C. Sottek on January 19, 2012 06:33 pm + 6 comments

  According to a DARPA request for proposal, the US Department of Defense plans on spending $32 Continue reading…

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  DARPA’s 100 Year Starship program reportedly appoints astronaut Mae Jemison as head

  By Bryan Bishop on January 7, 2012 07:40 pm + 4 comments

  The DARPA-seeded 100 Year Starship study is a long-term effort designed to foster interest and Continue reading…

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  DARPA gives Raytheon $13.4 million to build thermal cameras for smartphones

  By Sean Hollister on December 10, 2011 01:56 pm + 14 comments

  Infrared vision is indubitably awesome, but pocket thermal cameras aren't cheap — even a device Continue reading…

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  DARPA challenge to read shredded documents solved

  By Adi Robertson on December 5, 2011 10:21 am + 12 comments

  A DARPA challenge to reconstruct shredded documents has been won, two days before the deadline. The Continue reading…