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»
believe health care costs will continue to rise, and 52 percent think the quality of care will go down. Further, 57 percent believe passage of the proposal currently working its way through Congress will hurt the economy. READ»
Today marks 100 days of the Obama administration, so I’m going to join the media pack and make a few comments on what we can learn, specifically about careers, from what has happened so far.
You might think that the most ...READ»
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»
Back in July the government identified robots as one of the R&D priorities for the 2012 budget (about a decade behind the rest of us). Now there's a research funding round to aid small business robotic's efforts, to build robot gear DARPA can't manage.READ»
DARPA is our favorite source for off-the-wall yet compelling technology. We've seen proposals for flying cars, handheld nuclear fusion devices, and now poop-powered nuclear reactors. It's not as crazy at seems.Wired explains that ...READ»
Watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation analyzed 10 million lines of data--and discovered trillions of dollars missing from our federal spending database.READ»
DARPA's issued a new "funding opportunity" dubbed Prophecy--it's a program to investigate how virus evolution may be predicted, notionally to improve the way the drug business tackles health threats. But it's DARPA, so there're military issues in the mix too.READ»
Forget petaflops. Forget Moore's Law. The Defense Department is set to build supercomputers that are a thousand times faster than the current record holders. Scary or cool?READ»
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»
The U.S. military has a nagging problem: soldiers are either stuck in their land-bound Humvees or in helicopters. Not for long, if DARPA has anything to say about it. The defense agency's Transformer program aims to make sci-fi ...READ»
Remember that fantastical-sounding flying car that DARPA proposed earlier this year? It isn't just a pipe dream anymore--the defense agency has released a 58-page announcement (pdf) detailing the military's vision of "a robust ...READ»
Didn't get your fill of obscure sports with chessboxing, roshambo, and competitive eating? Then how about Driverless Motorsports, which, like the DARPA Grand Challenge and the Ansari X Prize, seeks to inspire innovation through ...READ»
Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week.
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Nearly 31 percent said they thought the Democratic bills would make their personal financial situation worse, compared with 10 percent who said it would improve their family budgets.
* Forty-two percent said the nation's fiscal condition would suffer because of the legislation, compared with 26 percent who said it would get better.READ»
Senate
The long-awaited cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform proposal, “America’s Healthy Future Act,” was released this week by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).READ»
In the future DARPA's ISIS blimp may be hovering above the horizon near to conflict zones, feeding real time radar data to troops and smart weapons from on high. True to its name, it's also a little more magical than the Goodyear ...READ»
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers made headlines this week in pointing out that the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform proposal, as currently outlined (approved by a 14-9 margin on October 13)READ»
