Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

Is ‘WarGames’ More Likely to Happen Now?

(c) MGM/courtesy Everett CollectionMatthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, 1983, in “WarGames.” “WarGames,” a 1983 movie about a young hacker who nearly starts World War III by playing what he thinks is a computer game, is as relevant today as when it was ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ]
First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

Stealth boat from James Bond movie on sale

James Bond, stealthThe boat appeared in James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies.The famous Sea Shadow stealth boat - which appeared in James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies - is currently on sale at an auction site.Product of a 1983 defense experiment by ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Deccan Chronicle ]
First Reported Apr 29 2012 - Updated Apr 29 2012 - 1 Documents

Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future

Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with scientists, innovators and philanthro-capitalists, and you've got the Singularity University – on a mission to seek technological solutions to the world's great challengesIt's day one at ... [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
First Reported Apr 23 2012 - Updated Apr 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Skin-peeling speeds doomed hypersonic glider, U.S. says

A test flight of an aircraft designed to whip around the world at Mach 20 failed when the high speeds peeled the skin off the unmanned plane, Pentagon researchers conclude in a long-awaited report.For nine minutes in August, the Defense Advanced Research ... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by Channel4000 ]
First Reported Apr 20 2012 - Updated Apr 20 2012 - 1 Documents

4 Surprising Things That America Invented

at 6:00 AMCategories: Random EphemeraI'm not bashing the good, old USA at all here. America is a place where our true religion is "Do something awesome and we'll give you a million dollars"-ianity, and we are a faithful and devout lot. Look at the response ... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Houston Press ]
First Reported Apr 10 2012 - Updated Apr 11 2012 - 1 Documents

DARPA Announces Build-A-Rescue-Robot Competition

We've added more customization tools to make your reading experience more personal. You can now adjust the background color, font and font size for this page and any other content page by hovering over the image below.Log in to have your settings saved ... [ Published Apr 10 2012 by Escapist Magazine ]
First Reported Mar 07 2012 - Updated Mar 07 2012 - 1 Documents

Leaps & Bounds

More bad news for puny humans. Those crazy folks at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) continue to ignore our pleas for flying cars and hoverboards in favor of building killer... ... [ Published Mar 07 2012 by E! Online (US) - The Soup ]
First Reported Mar 06 2012 - Updated Mar 06 2012 - 2 Documents

You probably cannot outrun DARPA's backward running cheetah robot

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA for short, has tested the cheetah robot made by Boston Dynamics...and it ran, backwards, at 18 miles per hour.Untethered testing is planned for...Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com ... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by Bob's Blitz ]
First Reported Feb 10 2012 - Updated Feb 10 2012 - 1 Documents

This Is The US Military’s Incredibly Creepy Robotic Quadruped [VIDEO]

Thanks to Hollywood and entertainment media when we think of robots we tend to imagine humanoid machines, sometimes so closely resembling their real-life counterparts that the two are almost indiscernible.  Because of that, there’s nothing that can really ... [ Published Feb 10 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
First Reported Jan 05 2012 - Updated Jan 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Pentagon Scientists Created A “Time Cloak” To Make Events Disappear

Five days into 2012 and we’ve already got fancy new technology. A team from Cornell University have developed a light-distortion device that can mask events as if they hadn’t happened; they managed to use light distortion to hide an event for 40 picoseconds. ... [ Published Jan 05 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]

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From [ The Journal of San Diego History: ] "An Arcade View Company photograph about 1910 of the Toliver Dirigible Air Ship - stern view from starboard side - built in a canyon near Twenty-Eight and B Streets."
...Steven Spielberg called it his film generation's "big bang," while in 1977 George Lucas declared , "Stanley Kubrick made the ultimate science-fiction movie and it is going to be very hard for somebody to come along and make a better movie."
In their paper "Do People Hold a Robot Morally Accountable for the Harm it Causes?" University of Washington psychologists found that the answer was (mostly) yes...

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Copernicus On The Science Of THE AVENGERS (Part... [ Published May 18 2012 by Aint It Cool News ]
The Coolest Airship Pictures You've Ever Seen [... [ Published May 11 2012 by Io9 ]
David H. Bailey: 2001: A Space Odyssey: Art vs.... [ Published May 09 2012 by Huffington Post ]
How close to reality are the androids in Alien ... [ Published May 07 2012 by Io9 ]
Is ‘WarGames’ More Likely to Happen Now? [ Published Apr 30 2012 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ]
Stealth boat from James Bond movie on sale [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Deccan Chronicle ]
Singularity University: meet the people who are... [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
9 Things We Learned From The 'WarGames' Tribeca... [ Published Apr 28 2012 by Huffington Post ]
Turning the Tables on TED Radio Hour Host Aliso... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by WNYC ]
Robotic rover books a ticket for the Moon, to d... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Gizmag ]
Skin-peeling speeds doomed hypersonic glider, U... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by Channel4000 ]
4 Surprising Things That America Invented [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Houston Press ]
Jazz Bassist Russel Blake Partners With Nationa... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Top40-Charts ]
BioWare "Falsely Advertised" Mass Effect 3 [ Published Apr 11 2012 by Escapist Magazine ]
DARPA Announces Build-A-Rescue-Robot Competition [ Published Apr 10 2012 by Escapist Magazine ]
Tribeca To Feature Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro... [ Published Mar 26 2012 by Deadline.com ]
Leaps & Bounds [ Published Mar 07 2012 by E! Online (US) - The Soup ]
You probably cannot outrun DARPA's backward run... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by Bob's Blitz ]
DARPA’s New Military Robot Can Run Faster Than ... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
FEATURE: Metal Gears [ Published Feb 23 2012 by Nintendo World Report ]
This Is The US Military’s Incredibly Creepy Rob... [ Published Feb 10 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Benderspink, Arcana Launch Film-Friendly Comics... [ Published Feb 10 2012 by Deadline.com ]
Maureen Ryan: 'Chuck' Finale Recap: Tears, Jeff... [ Published Jan 28 2012 by TV Squad ]
Pentagon Scientists Created A “Time Cloak” To M... [ Published Jan 05 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
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Is ‘WarGames’ More Likely to Happen Now? [ Published Apr 30 2012 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ]
(c) MGM/courtesy Everett CollectionMatthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, 1983, in “WarGames.” “WarGames,” a 1983 movie about a young hacker who nearly starts World War III by playing what he thinks is a computer game, is as relevant today as when it was ...
Tribeca To Feature Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro... [ Published Mar 26 2012 by Deadline.com ]
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival revealed its panel series as well as six new titles that will world premiere at the upcoming event. Narrative films Freaky Deaky and Future Weather as well as documentaries Portrait Of Wally and Once In A Lullaby: The ...
Leaps & Bounds [ Published Mar 07 2012 by E! Online (US) - The Soup ]
More bad news for puny humans. Those crazy folks at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) continue to ignore our pleas for flying cars and hoverboards in favor of building killer... ...
You probably cannot outrun DARPA's backward run... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by Bob's Blitz ]
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA for short, has tested the cheetah robot made by Boston Dynamics...and it ran, backwards, at 18 miles per hour.Untethered testing is planned for...Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com ...
DARPA’s New Military Robot Can Run Faster Than ... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Oh, good, more things from the future to terrify me. Boston Dynamics, a Pentagon contractor, has broken the speed record for legged robots, with a new four-legged creation – the Cheetah, which can run at 29 kilometres an hour, far outpacing the 20 km/h ...
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