Though the original applications are for soldiers in battle, these augmented reality contact lenses could change medicine, education, and countless other fields.READ»
Since he experienced tragedy at age of 14, the real-life psychologist who inspired the show "Lie To Me" has searched for signs of hidden human emotion in faces. New applications based on his findings are getting attention from Apple, Pixar, Google, the Army, and others. READ»
The military will look for innovations and advantages anywhere, including the natural world. From using artificial hummingbirds for surveillance to making body armor like snails make their shells, nature is providing inspiration for ...READ»
The tech arm of the U.S. Department of Defense believes that even the most secure password is insecure--and that the future of account security will be biometric analysis of your typing style.READ»
One of the smallest unmanned drones in the world has the diameter of a Frisbee, fits in the palm of a hand, and looks like a miniature Star Wars X-wing. The SQ-4 UAV isn't just a tiny surveillance vehicle; it's also on the cutting edge of the new wave of nanodrones.READ»
ARPA-E is modeled after DARPA and financing one groundbreaking energy innovation after another. Arun Majumdar, the agency's director, talks about some of the projects it's funding, from biofuels grown on electrodes to air conditioners ...READ»
There is a lot of useful material in otherwise dead space junk. Now the military's wing of crazy, cool geniuses is going to build mini-satellites to go get it out. Recycling goes space age. READ»
The DOE's latest round of funding focuses on finding alternatives to rare earth metals, which are found in everything from wind turbines to computer hard drives.READ»
NASA and DARPA are combining forces to create a program that will have humans traveling to Alpha Centauri in 100 years. It's just a question of motivating multiple generations of scientists to work on a project they will never see completed.READ»
NASA is considering student-designed experiments for its SPHERES robots, the best of which will get tested aboard the International Space Station. How's that for good PR?READ»
Imagine if the world ran out of phone numbers. "That's a similar situation that we're in on the Internet," says Facebook's Donn Lee, pointing out that the web's billions of IP addresses are about to hit its max.READ»
It has been written that: "At bottom, robotics is about us. It is the discipline of emulating our lives, of wondering how we work." So what can this week's crop of mechanistic marvels tell us about ourselves?READ»
Among the various complex, clever, futuristic solutions to solving the space-junk problem, DARPA's just unveiled a new tool to help with the job that's wonderfully simple. It's a telescope, to look for the stuff.READ»
Co-incidental with political upheaval in Egypt, DARPA's trying to find out how narrative stories affect human thinking--with questions like "What role do stories play in influencing political violence and to what extent?"READ»
Finally, laypeople will benefit from DARPA's mad scientist projects. Watch how the $100 million arm--which restores almost complete hand and finger function to patients dealing with spinal cord injury, stroke or amputation--works. READ»
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