Stanford's New Driverless Car
Junior the autonomous car passes an initial round of tests in preparation for DARPA’s Urban Challenge, slated for later this year.Yesterday, a Volkswagen Passat drove around a parking lot in Mountain...
View ArticleBush Establishes DARPA for Energy
A new agency will fund risky research that just might pay off.For years, various organizations have pushed for a new federal agency focused on quickly developing new technology for solving our energy...
View ArticleFaster Wireless Networks
Sending descriptions of data could be more efficient than sending the data itself.The role of computer networks would appear to be fairly straightforward: to ferry data from one point to another. But a...
View ArticleThe Army's Remote-Controlled Beetle
The insect’s flight path can be wirelessly controlled via a neural implant.A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to...
View ArticleA Vision for Headlight Communications
Cars could someday communicate with other vehicles and traffic signals using their lights.
View ArticleiRobot Adds to a Shape-Shifting Robot Menagerie
Chembot is just the latest morphing robot to come rolling out of the lab.
View ArticleAsking the Crowd How to Make Something
A DARPA project shows how the wisdom of crowds can be tapped for a fresh take on how to manufacture something as complex as a combat vehicle.A dustpan called the Broom Groomer and the XC2V FLYPmode...
View ArticleJust What Soldiers Need: A Bigger Robotic Dog
A next-generation robotic dog will help soldiers.After BigDog, LittleDog, and Petman, we now have a glimpse of the newest intimidating robot from Boston Dynamics: AlphaDog.
View ArticleExploding Engine Could Reduce Fuel Consumption
The military and GE have made strides toward a practical detonation engine.A new kind of engine under development, called a detonation engine, could save the military hundreds of millions of dollars in...
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