The Pentagon Wants Its Drones to Fight in Formation

The Pentagon Wants Its Drones to Fight in Formation

This will allow the aircraft to support each other's operations

DARPA Taps Boeing for Airborne Satellite Launcher Project

DARPA Taps Boeing for Airborne Satellite Launcher Project

The aircraft will have to be capable of launching small satellites into space

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 22nd, 2014
DARPA Space Plane Project Gets Additional Funding

DARPA Space Plane Project Gets Additional Funding

The agency will accelerate the development of the XS-1 spacecraft

Grey Goo Is New Real-Time Strategy from Petroglyph Veterans

Grey Goo Is New Real-Time Strategy from Petroglyph Veterans

The title will mix classic and innovative gameplay mechanics

New Space Plane to Launch from the US by 2017

New Space Plane to Launch from the US by 2017

The advanced aircraft is being developed by engineers at DARPA

DARPA Calls on IBM for Self-Destructing Devices

DARPA Calls on IBM for Self-Destructing Devices

As always, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants better and safer technology

Two Companies Bought by Google Dominate Robotics Competition

Two Companies Bought by Google Dominate Robotics Competition

Schaft and Boston Dynamics took the top two spots in the DARPA Robotics Challenge

NASA Introduces Valkyrie Robot for DARPA Challenge

NASA Introduces Valkyrie Robot for DARPA Challenge

The secretive machine was announced as far back as last year

Membrane Optics Foldable Telescope Concept Showcased – Video

Membrane Optics Foldable Telescope Concept Showcased – Video

This is the first time such a configuration has been demonstrated

DARPA Telescope to Begin Tracking Space Debris

DARPA Telescope to Begin Tracking Space Debris

The instrument is now being delivered for installation in Australia

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • December 6th, 2013
DARPA Video Games Use Player Actions to Improve Software Security

DARPA Video Games Use Player Actions to Improve Software Security

The organization is looking for gamers to replace engineers

Ubuntu Used to Design and Control the Atlas Humanoid Robot for a DARPA Challenge

Ubuntu Used to Design and Control the Atlas Humanoid Robot for a DARPA Challenge

Canonical's operating system has been spotted in a video made by Lockheed Martin

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 16th, 2013
BRAIN Initiative to Focus on Restoring Veterans' Lost Memories

BRAIN Initiative to Focus on Restoring Veterans' Lost Memories

Additional details of Barack Obama's recent plan unveiled

DARPA Wants Fully Automatic Network Defense System

DARPA Wants Fully Automatic Network Defense System

The agency is offering $2 million (€1.5 million) to anyone who can do it

Mind-Controlled Prosthetics, DARPA's Way of Letting People Feel Again – Video

Mind-Controlled Prosthetics, DARPA's Way of Letting People Feel Again – Video

Patients can hold out hope that they might regain some of what they have lost

DARPA's New Robotic Hand Mimics Complex Human Moves [NYT]

DARPA's New Robotic Hand Mimics Complex Human Moves [NYT]

They can't do everything yet, but visible progress has been achieved

Chimp Robot from Carnegie Mellon University Moves Like a Tank

Chimp Robot from Carnegie Mellon University Moves Like a Tank

It will be able to perform complex, physically challenging tasks

 
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