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Darpa's Regina Dugan on how the Pentagon agency makes sure failure

Defense on the Offense 2011

Darpa's Regina Dugan on how the Pentagon agency makes sure failure

Defense on the Offense 2011

Darpa's research projects have already extracted oil from algal ponds at a cost of $2 per gallon.

Das Energi Walter Jon Williams 2010

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Pentagon: U.S. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk 2010

Darpa's RPG-spotter is intended to have an accuracy of 95 percent and be able to cope with up to five simultaneous threats, with a minimum of false alarms.

Wired Top Stories 2009

(Darpa's Grand Challenge driverless car contests were, in many ways, just fancy ways of getting machines to see the world more clearly.)

Wired Top Stories 2009

Tony Tether, director of Darpa's strategic technology office, gave Arco a contract to conduct a feasibility study.

Red Ice Creations 2009

Advances in prosthetics and other hardware (like Darpa's mind-controlled robotic arm or the iBot wheelchair ) can provide more mobility and independence for those who acquire a disability during their service (assuming the government will fund this level of care), but no matter how sophisticated the devices, they cannot address the psychological issues that accompany the permanent injuries.

Tech Helps Soldiers Cope With Invisible Wounds of War 2008

Advances in prosthetics and other hardware (like Darpa's mind-controlled robotic arm or the iBot wheelchair ) can provide more mobility and independence for those who acquire a disability during their service (assuming the government will fund this level of care), but no matter how sophisticated the devices, they cannot address the psychological issues that accompany the permanent injuries.

Tech Helps Soldiers Cope With Invisible Wounds of War 2008

Darpa's "Unique Signature Detection Project (formerly known as the Odortype Detection program)" aims to sniff out genetic markers in "human emanations (urine, sweat, etc.)" that "can be used to identify and distinguish specific high-level-of-interest individuals within groups of enemy troops."

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