by Noah Shachtman | Aug 27, 2012 | Monitor
ARPA’s Charles Herzfeld (center, in white shirt) and other military researchers visit the Kwajalein Atoll for missile defense tests. The problem of processing the trials’ data would help lead to the creation of the Arpanet. Photo courtesy of Charles...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 24, 2012 | Monitor
An Iraqi army soldier runs during an ambush exercise taught by U.S. troops. Now, Darpa wants to use neuroscience to improve the mental and physical reactions of soldiers under threat. Photo: Department of Defense Everyone knows there are some instinctual reactions to...
by Robert McMillan | Aug 22, 2012 | Monitor
How would non-digital chips work? DARPA paints a picture. Image: DARPA By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as 1s and 0s. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and start from scratch. Through its Defense...
by Noah Shachtman | Aug 21, 2012 | Monitor
Col. Todd Wood (right), commander of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, briefs National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Photo: Sgt. Michael Blalack/U.S. Army...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 21, 2012 | Monitor
Sure, the military’s headless robotic pack mules and walking robo-zombies look scary, but those bots’ metal limbs are nowhere near as maneuverable as your human arms and legs. Those metal robots can also be really friggin’ heavy. That’s why the...