by Liat Clark, Wired.co.uk | Jul 13, 2012 | Monitor
Darpa is showing off a new system that can put out flames using only sound. It’s part of the U.S. defense agency’s “Instant Fire Suppression” program. at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) have published the video alongside...
by Arikia Milikan | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Wading through drone data is a 5,000-person job. Darpa wants you to help them change that. Illo by Arikia Millikan. If living in a college dorm for two months while you’re prodded by government officials in a “short-fuse, crucible-style environment”...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
New Darpa director Arati Prabhakar. Photo courtesy of SRI International Until last year, Arati Prabhakar worked for the venture capitalists who backed Solyndra, the green-tech firm that imploded in a scandal described by Mitt Romney as an example of the White...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 3, 2012 | Monitor
Air Force One waits for U.S. President Barack Obama in the fog at London’s Stansted Airport, Friday, April 3, 2009. Photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth Pentagon-funded researchers have come up with a new plan for busting leakers: Spot them by how they search, and...
by Katie Drummond | Jun 29, 2012 | Monitor
Last year, the Pentagon asked DIY-drone enthusiasts to come up with the spy drone of the future. Twelve months later, it looks like they might need a little more time. In an announcement posted online yesterday with little fanfare, Darpa announced that its UAVForge...