The NSA and military cloud computing: Just painting a cyber bullseye for...
18 minutes isn't a very long time for most of us who operate in the civilian world. However, in April of 2010, the Chinese government took control of 15% of the Internet for 18 entire minutes and...
View ArticleDARPA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have a vested interest in fostering research with both military and commercial applications. In the United States, the importance of military...
View ArticleWhat will DARPA ex-director Regina Dugan bring to her new Google exec position?
The first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Dr. Regina Dugan, is stepping down and leaving behind her three years of hard work to join a new team: Google. At...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Nova Weekly: Top five trends for 3/12-3/16
These are the industry trends that might have slipped under the radar ... Google hires DARPA director Regina Dugan DARPA is losing its director as Regina Dugan was offered an executive position at...
View ArticleReplacing the password: More secure high-tech alternatives to traditional...
Identity theft. Financial fraud. Cybercrime. These words have been integrated into our daily jargon seemingly overnight. It has become nearly impossible to turn on the television or read the news...
View ArticleDARPA seeks hybrid "system-on-a-chip" solution to GPS vulnerabilities
There is often considerable overlap between the needs of companies that create military systems and those that focus on commercial or “civilian” applications. Sometimes the desired outcome can be...
View ArticleDARPA and corporate America funding the "Maker movement"
If scientists, inventors and entrepreneurial creators of intellectual property had to visualize their idea of a Nirvana on Earth, it would probably look something like TechShop. TechShop is a chain of...
View ArticleDARPA is pushing big data on the military
Armed with a 1.8 gigapixel camera rig, A U.S. Army Hummingbird copters over Afghanistan looking for suspicious insurgent activity. On board, a robo cameraman called ARGUS pulls focus on 36 square...
View ArticleDARPA's color-changing "Chameleon" robot disappears right before your eyes
DARPA, responsible for advanced research for the DoD, recently engaged a team of Harvard-led researchers to explore the feasibility of creating “soft” chameleon robots that utilize microfluidic...
View ArticleDARPA UPSIDE: Analog microprocessors could be the unforseen future of computing
DARPA has recently taken a keen interest in the development of a new computer paradigm based on the re-introduction of previously dismissed analog microprocessor technologies. According to DARPA,...
View ArticleDARPA's new super binoculars improve threat detection
The Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) was first proposed in 2007 by our friends at DARPA. Not surprisingly, the system—which is a lot like binoculars on crack—was initially nicked...
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