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Audacious Space Initiative Aims To Turn Sci-Fi Into Reality

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Nasa, Video, Enterprise, U.S. Military, Space Exploration, 100 Year Starship, Space, Astronauts, Mae Jemison, Darpa, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/21/2012 05:34 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Star Trek's bold vision of the stars...

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Hypersonic Glider's Dramatic Failure Explained By Military Scientists

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hypersonic Vehicle-2, Video, Drone, Glider's Failure, Glider, Hypersonic Glider, Darpa, Unmanned Glider, Science News

LOS ANGELES -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sectio...

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Robots and Disasters: Why Didn't I Think of That?

Christal Smith | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Emergencies, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, DARPA Contest, Disaster Response, Robots, Darpa, Fukushima Disaster, Good News News
Christal Smith

You don't have to speak scientific-ese to understand just how important it is to develop robots that can do what no mere human can do in times of crisis.

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WATCH: Menacing Military Robot Attempts Amazing Athletic Feats

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Robot Climb Stairs, Video, Uncanny Valley, Boston Dynamics, Robot Stairs, Robotics, Petman, Robots, Bigdog, Darpa, Creepy Robots, Science News

In the event of a zombie apocalypse, popular lore suggests building a moat to protect yourself—in the case of a robot rebellion, climbing a flight o...

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Controversial DARPA Chief Regina Dugan Bolts for Job With Google

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Conflicts of Interest, Defense Contractors, Google, Government Contracting, Darpa, Ethics, Influence, Regina Dugan, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

By JOE NEWMAN Cross-posted on POGO's blog. Regina Dugan's tenure at the Department of Defense's shadowy research arm is apparently over with news that...

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WATCH: Robotic Cheetah Breaks Land Speed Record

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Cheetah, Running Robot, Video, Robo-Cheetah, Weird Science, Boston Dynamics, Boston Dynamics Cheetah, Robotics, Battlefield Robots, Darpa, Speed Record, Robot, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 03/05/2012 05:37 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily A cheetah robot funded by the U.S. military has broken t...

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WATCH: Versatile 'Vortex Gun' Blows 90-MPH Rings of Gas

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Battelle, Vortex Gun, Video, Firefighters, Gas Gun, Pepper Spray, Vortex, Crowd Control, Darpa, Tear Gas, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 03/02/2012 01:22 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Vortex guns capable of firing doughn...

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WATCH: Scary 'Robo-Mule' Shows Tricks In Military Test

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: ls3, Video, Military Technology, Big Dog, Boston Dynamics, Robo-Mule, Mule Robot, Robotics, Robot Mule, Bigdog, Darpa, Darpa Robot, ls3 Robot, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 02/08/2012 12:00 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily U.S. troops who carry as much as 100 pounds of gear coul...

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Gamers May Help Military Develop Weapons

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Military Games, Military, Casual Gaming, Debugging Game, Debugging, Military Weapons, Gamer Military, Military Gamer, Darpa Game, Darpa, Darpa Gamer, Patriot Missile Defense System, Science News

By Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer (Click here for original.) Software bugs can prove deadly on the battlefield — a lesson lear...

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Robobug Spies, First Responders: Coming Soon?

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Robot Insect, Cockroach Spy, Video, Military, Cyborg Insect, Biochemistry, Cockroach, Robotics, Cyborg Cockroach, Insect Spy, Darpa, Science News

Some call them robobugs, others insect cyborgs. No matter what, scientists have been pushing hard to outfit bugs with tiny electronic sensors--saying ...

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Lee Speigel

Theology Professor Says Earthlings Are 'Ready To Share A Pew With Aliens'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: 100 Year Starship Symposium, Religion, Vatican Observatory, Jose Gabriel Funes, God's Creations, Theology, Aliens, Ufos, Klaatu, Extraterrestrials, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Darpa, Professor Ted Peters, Video, Weird News News

If it turns out that Earthlings aren't alone in the universe and contact is eventually made between us and an extraterrestrial race, would we actually...

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Solyndra, Solar Panels and Supersonic Planes: What's the Difference if One Fails?

Lewis Milford | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Solar Panels, Renewable Energy, Darpa, Green Energy, Solyndra, Green News
Lewis Milford

Recently, the US government lost a few hundred million dollars on a new investment in a failed technology. But no one seemed to notice.

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WATCH: Defense Agency Releases Video Of Mach 20 Glider Flight

AP/The Huffington Post | By JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Military Strike, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle, Hypersonic Glider Flight, Darpa, Video, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) -- An unmanned glider streaks over the Pacific Ocean at 20 times the speed of sound in a video released Thursday by a U...

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Obama and Jobs

Charles Kolb | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve, Jobs, Obama, Darpa, Unemployment, Job Creation, Economy, Business News
Charles Kolb

Economics is, fundamentally, about psychology, and the president can play a significant role in altering the nation's psychology. Our political and economic leaders, therefore, need to change the psychology of expectations in a way that promotes greater certainty about the future.

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Inside The Pentagon's Secret Afghan Spy Machine

Wired | Noah Schacthman | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Nexus 7, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Darpa Spy Machine, Technology, Darpa, Wired, World News, World News

The Pentagon’s top researchers have rushed a classified and controversial intelligence program into Afghanistan. Known as “Nexus 7,” and previou...

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Pentagon Offers $1 Million Dollars For Best Interstellar Exploration Plan

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Darpa Starship, Pentagon, 100 Year Starship Contest, Pentagon 100 Year Starship, Interstellar Travel, 100 Year Starship, Pentagon Contest, Darpa, Pentagon Space Travel, Technology News

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars. Now it wants Star Trek. DARPA, the Pentagon's research agency that helped foster ...

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Grammar Pet Peeves: The Difference Between Good English And Correct English

Robert Lane Greene | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Proper English, Grammar, Grammar Usage, Literally, Correct English, Lindsey Graham, Darpa, English Language, Books News
Robert Lane Greene

Everyone has a language peeve. Mine is "literally," a great word with no close synonym. When used as a mere intensifier or to mean simply "It felt as though..." it has almost no kick at all.

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Sputnik, DARPA, and Rosa Parks Moments: Metaphors We Reform Education By

Audrey Watters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arpa-Ed, Rosa Parks, Education Reform, Darpa, Sputnik Moment, Education News
Audrey Watters

Sputnik or Rosa Parks -- one invokes national security and one invokes social justice.

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Educational Success: America's New Industrial Policy

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Nation at Risk, Education, G.I. Bill, No Child Left Behind, PISA Test, National Governors Association, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Darpa, Education News
Charles Kolb

When it comes to the quality of our K-12 education system, the results are risible. We have now had nearly 30 years of rhetoric, much of it aspirational -- but with few solid results.

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Overkill: Future Weapons, Future Wars, and the New Arms Race

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, u.s. China Arms Race, Darpa, U.S. Weapons, Ars Race, China Weapons, U.S. Military, Politics News
Nick Turse

Amid talk of a new arms race, Americans should know more about what billions of their tax dollars are paying for. It's likely that DARPA projects will simply lead to needless expenditures on weapons designed for wars the U.S. won't fight.

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The Next Best Thing

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disabled American Vets, Veterans-Administration, Darpa, Dept. Of Defense, Wounded Warriors Project, Ernst &Young, Va, Dawn Halfaker, Dept. Of Homeland Security, Jim McHugh, Alive Day Memories, Eric K. Shinseki, U.S. Army, Business News
Angela Haines

Early dreams for a new business took root during the agonizing ten months Army Captain Dawn Halfaker spent recovering from over 20 operations she endured when she was severely injured in Iraq.

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Obama's New Theme: A Sputnik Moment

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, Man on the Moon, Nuke, President Obama, American Exceptionalism, Speech, Osama Bin Laden, Economy, Kennedy, Obama, China, Cold War, Internet, Icbm, John Kerry, Russia, President Kennedy, Train, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Kerry, High Speed, Darpa, Nuclear Weapon, Soviet Union, Satellite, Barack Obama, Space Race, Sputnik Moment, Sputnik, Chris Weigant, State of the Union, Electric Cars, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While Obama may indeed be right about America being in serious danger of falling behind on a worldwide scale, this Sputnik moment simply doesn't have a Sputnik. There is no one overarching threat.

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Will Robotics Take the Art Out of Artificial Intelligence?

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Ford Museum, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Robotics, Jens Schanze, Stanley Kubrick, Darpa, Christine O?Donnell, Google Driverless Car, Plug and Pray, War With the Newts, Ars Electronica, Hans-Joachim Wunsche, Singularity University, Robotic Vehicles, Golem, Minoru Asada, Speech Recognition, Henry Ford, Joseph Weizenbaum, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Karel Capek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, William Clay Ford, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Raymond Kurzweil, Artificial Intelligence, Robocup, Geminoid, Wargames, Arts News
George Heymont

Will robotics strip the potential for creating art from artificial intelligence? Although Plug and Pray has some genuinely creepy moments, it's a film that is definitely worth your attention.

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The Software That Stares at Goats? Pentagon Building System For Massive E-Mail Privacy Violation

Jay Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, Pentagon, Department of Defense, Email, Nidal Malik Hasan, Surveillance, Spying, Aclu, Darpa, Wikileaks, Politics News
Jay Stanley

Here we go again. Earlier this month the Pentagon announced a new effort to build a system aimed at allowing it to scan billions of communications ...

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'Hundred Year Starship' Wants To Send Space Explorers On One-Way Mission To Mars

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mission to Mars, Nasa, 100-Year Starship, Hundred Year Starship, Space Exploration, 100 Year Starship, Mars Mission, One-Way Mars Mission, The Future, Hundred Years Starship, Mars, Darpa, Technology News

"The human space program is now really aimed at settling other worlds," NASA Ames Research Center director Simon Worden said at the Long Conversation ...

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