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Home » Posts tagged 'DARPA'

  • Darpa Robots Will Turn Dead Satellites Into a Zombie Orbital Array

    • Sat 10.Oct.11
    • By john.williams
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    By Andrew Tarantola Launching satellites is a risky proposition—costing as much as $10,000 a pound to make orbit and little recourse if a critical piece malfunctions. So, Darpa has devised a system to recycle the $300 billion worth of orbiting [...]

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  • Gadgets the Pentagon Made — From the Microwave to the New iPhone

    Gadgets the Pentagon Made — From the Microwave to the New iPhone

    • Thu 10.Oct.11
    • By john.williams
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    By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman The cool voice assistant that runs on the iPhone 4S? Years ago, someone thought what Apple calls Siri would be a valuable tool for the military. Come to think of it, most of the [...]

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  • The DIY-Drone of the Future Is … a Flying Pogo Stick

    • Thu 10.Oct.11
    • By john.williams
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    By Dawn Lim Darpa is holding a contest to design the military’s next spy mini-drone. So far, the entrants include a flying pogo stick, a sail that lands on mosques, and an unmanned laser shooter. Those are some of concept [...]

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  • The iPhone 4S’ Talking Assistant Is a Military Veteran

    • Wed 10.Oct.11
    • By john.williams
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    By Spencer Ackerman Siri, before you became the premiere feature of the new iPhone 4S, where did you come from? Spencer, I started out as a gleam in the eye of Darpa, the Pentagon’s far-out research agency, as your Wired [...]

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  • Move over, BigDog — introducing AlphaDog

    • Wed 10.Oct.11
    • By john.williams
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    AlphaDog (official name: LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) is designed to assist soldiers in carrying heavy loads (up to 400 lbs of gear) over rough terrain, IEEE Spectrum blogger Erico Guizzo reports AlphaDog is getting close to something that can [...]

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