Topic: Defense Research

Upcoming S&T Event: Does DARPA Still Effectively Spur U.S. Technological Innovation?

There has been substantial debate recently whether DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - still effectively spurs U.S. technological innovation. On Tuesday, September 14, The Information Technology and Innovation ...READ»

Is DARPA Working on a Handheld Nuclear Fusion Device?

The Pentagon's DARPA arm is known for its attempts to reduce devices to microchip size. Projects have included multi-purpose sensors, cryogenic coolers, video cameras, and apparently, "Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic ...READ»

Dark-Sided DARPA Dangles $40k for Crowdsourced Balloon Hunt

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has long been shrouded in mists made of equal measures of awe, mystery, controversy, and spying. Now it's strolling out of those clouds, jauntily singing a 1980s pop ditty by Nena. 99 ...READ»

Undercover Bedbugs?

The latest in soldiery: a menagerie of robo-animals.READ»

The Caterpillar Self-Driving Dump Truck

A Robotic Behemoth for Mining.READ»

Run for Your Life: The Pentagon's Robotic Hummingbird Takes Flight

Video of the latest flying contraption by DARPA, the Pentagon's hyper-strange research lab.READ»

Vision Quest: Contests Throughout History

1567 Prize for: Developing a method of finding longitude at sea Offered by: Spain's King Philip II Amount: 6,000 gold ducats, plus an annual pension of 2,000ducats for life Winner: Marine chronometer, by James Harrison, in ...READ»

• The Power of the Prize

New Autonomous Audi Can Get Reckless Driving Tickets Without You

With geo-aware brains and no driver, this modified Audi TT-S experimental vehicle is built to drift around corners and then regain control of itself. It could be the forerunner of future handling systems that could allow drivers to ...READ»