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

27 Oct 2009 16:49:30 PDT

Written by Noah Shachtman
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...

Original story at Wired .

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Ex-Darpa Chief Joins D.C. Lobbying Firm

02 Oct 2009 07:11:53 PDT

Written by Noah Shachtman
Former Darpa director Tony Tether is joining a Washington-area lobbying firm best known for its influence on Capitol Hill. But Tether — who served for more than seven years as the head of the Pentagon’s premiere research arm — says he won’t be doing any lobbying in his new role. Photo: WIRED]

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’

24 Sep 2009 07:51:11 PDT

Written by Katie Drummond
How will the user know that those two vehicles highlighted were the probable attack vehicles in the suicide vehicle bombing? How will the user understand the significance of a highlighted facility which may represent a new meeting location for a terrorist group? Users should have full...

Original story at Wired .

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Precision Hopper = New Urban Commando

18 Sep 2009 09:00:44 PDT

Written by David Hambling
Leaping Robot Hops Closer to WarArmy Terminators Walk Like MenHow To: Terminate a Terminator, for RealPackBot Goes Kite-SurfingCompany Denies its Robots Feed on the DeadRobot Three-Way Portends Autonomous FutureRobot + Super Gun = ‘Crowd Control’Armed Robots Pushed to PoliceMil...

Original story at Wired .

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Darpa’s Handheld Nuclear Fusion Reactor

06 Jul 2009 07:37:13 PDT

Written by David Hambling
And much smaller. The electromagnet for ITER alone weighs 925 tons, so it’s not likely to be made small enough for a vehicle or any other mobile application, Darpa, on the other hand, cheerily indicates that its project will go on to produce “handheld power sources.”

Original story at Wired .

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Bomb Detection CEO Named New Darpa Boss

02 Jul 2009 11:12:21 PDT

Written by Noah Shachtman
Mechanical engineer and defense entrepreneur Regina Dugan has been named the new director of Darpa, the Pentagon’s premiere research arm. Dugan will now be in charge of more than $3.2 billion’s worth of high-risk science and technology projects — everything from thinking computers to s...

Original story at Wired . Related stories include: Bomb-Detector for Darpa Chief? - Wired , Microchip Man Named as Pentagon’s New $12 Billion Geek-in-Chief - Wired

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DARPA Grand Challenge news and blogs - November 10, 2009

10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit DARPA Grand Challenge news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• U.S. Military Turns to ‘Vader’ to Hunt Rebel Scum in Afghanistan -- by Nathan Hodge from Wired: Danger Room
• Pentagon Wants ‘Space Junk’ Cleaner -- by Sharon Weinberger from Wired: Danger Room
• New Army Camera Promises ‘Total’ Surveillance -- by David Hambling from Wired: Danger Room
• Military’s Plan for PTSD: Early Diagnosis Good, Prevention Better -- by Katie Drummond from Wired: Danger Room
• Wireless Gun Gagdet Could Let Commandos Shoot Around Corners -- by David Hambling from Wired: Danger Room
• Video: Hovering Killer Drone Takes Flight -- by Katie Drummond from Wired: Danger Room
• Air Force Eyes Purple Bacteria to Power Drones -- by Katie Drummond from Wired: Danger Room
• Darpa’s Smart, Flat Camera is Packed With Beady Eyes -- by David Hambling from Wired: Danger Room
• Universal ‘Rubik’s Cube’ Could Become Pentagon Shapeshifter -- by Noah Shachtman from Wired: Danger Room
• Army Wants Portable Wind Power for Grunts -- by Katie Drummond from Wired: Danger Room

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Video: Pentagon’s Robo-Hummingbird Flies Like the Real Thing

02 Jul 2009 10:33:42 PDT

Written by Noah Shachtman
Military-backed researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its little robotic wings to stay in the air. So far, the mock bird, built for Pentagon mad science division Darpa, has only stayed aloft for twenty seconds at a time. But that short flight w...

Original story at Wired .

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Rangel Steers Darpa Millions to Natural History Museum

10 Jun 2009 09:21:30 PDT

Written by Katie Drummond
“We don’t actually collaborate formally with the Department of Defense, but we do think that our work is relevant to them,” says Amato. He runs regular meetings with public health professionals and evolutionary biologists, but the group only puts in a yearly phone call to a Darpa program...

Original story at Wired .

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Army Terminators Walk Like Men

21 May 2009 12:06:06 PDT

In 2005, one of the competitors in Darpa's Grand Challenge for robot vehicles was an unmanned motor bike called Ghost Rider. This was based on a 90-cc dirt bike outfitted with sensors, gyros for steering and video cameras for eyes. ...

Original story at Wired News .

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Darpa’s Simple Plan to Track Targets Everywhere

21 May 2009 10:17:39 PDT

Written by Nathan Hodge
The NetTrack overview on the Darpa website gives few details, but the strategic plan gives a better idea of how it might work. Using software tools, the system could stitch together information from a variety of sensors (synthetic aperture radar, optical, video, acoustic sensors, movi...

Original story at Wired .

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Air Force Signs on to Darpa's All-Seeing Blimp

12 Mar 2009 08:35:00 PDT

Written by Nathan Hodge
It's significant for another reason: Tony Tether, who recently stepped down as chief of Darpa after almost eight years on the job, was a big fan of ISIS. This ensures that development of the concept will continue in some form after Tether's departure.

Original story at Wired News .

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Darpa Wants a Lab for Sim Afghanistans

05 Mar 2009 04:14:00 PST

Written by Noah Shachtman
The U.S. military is bankrolling a dozen or more programs, to create Sim Afghansitans and Sim Iraqs where they can test their war plans. The problem is, each model-maker uses his own set of country-building software, his own set of data about the country's social, cultural, and political st...

Original story at Wired News .

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Darpa Wants a Lab for Sim Afghanistans

05 Mar 2009 04:14:00 PST

Written by Noah Shachtman
Image: DailyGame] ALSO: The U.S. military is bankrolling a dozen or more programs, to create Sim Afghansitans and Sim Iraqs where they can test their war plans. The problem is, each model-maker uses his own set of country-building software, his own set of...

Original story at Wired .

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Five for Fighting 2/18/09

18 Feb 2009 05:32:00 PST

Written by Noah Shachtman
Darpa wants "biofouling"-free ships... New Afghan supply route: via Iran * Darpa wants "biofouling"-free ships... * ...and software that can "explain" its own "anomalous behavior" * Hamas' "medicine grenades" * Video: Tank vs. Ranger Rover (High five: RC)

Original story at Wired News .

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Special Forces' Gigapixel Flying Spy Sees All

12 Feb 2009 05:47:00 PST

Written by David Hambling
The volume of data is too great to be completely transmitted, but users will be able to define at least sixty-five independent video windows within the image and zoom in or out at will. The windows can be set to automatically track items of interest such as moving vehicles. In fact, the resolu...

Original story at Wired News .

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Software Swarm to Spot Rockets Before They're Fired

04 Feb 2009 00:24:00 PST

Written by David Hambling
There are plenty of systems out there to identify the direction of a shooter after he has opened fire. But it might be too late by then. That's why Darpa is developing a system to spot a rocket propelled grenade before it's fired. It's a major challenge, but the solution may lie with a swarm of sof...

Original story at Wired News .

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Terror-Stopping Building-Sealer Too Much for Darpa

04 Dec 2008 00:43:00 PST

Written by David Hambling
Thin steel wires compacted under tension. When deployed the wires expand to assume predetermined geometric shapes formed from a tangle of the wire itself. Expansion ratios of 1:6000 are achievable. The devices could be used to prevent access by vehicles or by personnel to designated area...

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Terror-Stopping Building-Sealer Too Much for Darpa

04 Dec 2008 00:43:00 PST

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Pentagon Clears Flying Car Project for Take-Off

13 Nov 2008 06:12:35 PST

Written by Noah Shachtman
Darpa hopes its "Personal Air Vehicle Technology" project, announced yesterday, will ultimately lead to a working prototype of a military-suitable flying car -- a two-to-four passenger vehicle that can "drive on roads" one minute, and take off like a helicopter the next. The hybrid ma...

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Pentagon Clears Flying Car Project for Take-Off

13 Nov 2008 06:12:35 PST

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Darpa Wants Sim to 'Resurrect' Battlefield Trauma

10 Nov 2008 11:29:23 PST

Written by Noah Shachtman
RESURRECT could also do some forecasting, too. Darpa would like the program to include "descriptive and predictive algorithms that can be implemented in an existing simulation software package." Far-off commanders can already watch battles unfold, thanks to spy drones, streaming vi...

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'Artificial Intuition,' Earthquake Detectors vie for Pentagon Prize

31 Oct 2008 09:57:00 PDT

Written by Nathan Hodge
Everyone from Darpa to the National Security Initiative seems to be dangling pots of cash in front of inventors, entrepreneurs and scientists to come up with innovative new ideas for defense and national security. Here's another contest to watch.

Original story at Wired News .

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Darpa Wants Bigger, Smarter BigDog 'Bot To Help in Combat [BigDog]

29 Oct 2008 04:11:42 PDT

Written by Kit Eaton
It'll have to cope with stairs, water hazards, desert levels of heat and arctic levels of snow and ice, navigate through GPS waypoints, and it'll have to respond to speech and gesture commands—at which point you imagine a soldier commanding it to "sit!" and giggle slightly. But only sligh...

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Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test

10 Oct 2008 04:59:51 PDT

UK - Oct 10, 2008 the "miraculous things" Google is doing with its search technology as well as the Darpa Urban Grand Challenge in which driverless cars race each other. ...

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DARPA Grand Challenge vs. European Land Robot | Danger Room from ...

06 Sep 2007 00:46:01 PDT

Written by Sharon Weinberger
Basically, the vehicle even was equipped very similarly, but in contrast to the Darpa Grand Challenge where the vehicles drive along a track that connects waypoints, defined by GPS navigation, the European Land Robot Trial does not ...

Original story at Wired News .

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