Darpa

As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating “the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement.”

Matthew Yglesias » Tears in Rain 2010

Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating “the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement.”

Matthew Yglesias » Tears in Rain 2010

Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military’s advantage, creating “synthetic organisms” that can live forever — or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch.

Matthew Yglesias » Tears in Rain 2010

Re “Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military’s advantage, creating “synthetic organisms” that can live forever — or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch.”

Matthew Yglesias » Tears in Rain 2010

I like to refer to Darpa as the nation's elite army of futuristic techno-geeks.

Defense on the Offense 2011

I like to refer to Darpa as the nation's elite army of futuristic techno-geeks.

Defense on the Offense 2011

Hundreds of research projects supported by the agency, known as Darpa, have paid off handsomely in recent decades, leading not only to new weapons, but to commercial technologies from the personal computer to the Internet.

Archive 2005-04-01 Jim Horning 2005

Hundreds of research projects supported by the agency, known as Darpa, have paid off handsomely in recent decades, leading not only to new weapons, but to commercial technologies from the personal computer to the Internet.

Eating our seed corn... Mumon 2005

Hundreds of research projects supported by the agency, known as Darpa, have paid off handsomely in recent decades, leading not only to new weapons, but to commercial technologies from the personal computer to the Internet.

Pentagon Redirects Its Research Dollars Jim Horning 2005

So Darpa opened up this race called the Darpa Grand Challenge to anyone that wanted to compete.

CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2004 2004