DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Name: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 reports

DARPA's Warrior Web augments a soldier's carrying capacity and endurance

DARPA's Warrior Web program aims to build a suit that makes life easier for soldiers in the fieldImage Gallery (2 images)Unless you've been there yourself, it's hard to imagine being a soldier in the field, trekking through rugged terrain while carrying ... [Published Gizmag - 5 hours ago]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Army Research Laboratory, Combat Zone, prototypes, Electrical Power

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Multi-domain, Optical, Non-uniform Adaptive Imaging Technology Oriented Research (MONITOR)

Department of Defense: Office of Naval Research Deadline: September 12, 2013The past decade has seen an explosive growth in the capabilities of imaging sensors operating in visible and infrared bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Recent research programs ... [Published Nano Science and Technology Institute - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Oriented, Infrared, DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

DARPA running online competition to develop amphibious fighting machine

DARPA The U.S. Marine Corps needs some FANGS, and you can help.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is currently running an online competition to design a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) for the military branch.The Fast, Adaptable, ... [Published FOXNews.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Amphibious Vehicle, Combat Vehicle

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation Awards $550,000 for Creation of State-of-the-Art Crowdsourcing Techniques

AUSTIN, Texas — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a University of Texas at Austin School of Information faculty member $550,000 to explore ways to make crowdsourcing more viable and lower the risk for potential adopters.The grant is one ... [Published University of Texas in Austin - May 22 2013]

Entities: Crowdsourcing, National Science Foundation, DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Quantum-Assisting of Nano-Imaging Of Living Organism A First

jtozer tagged this post with: DAPRA, DARPA, Harvard QuASAR team, imaging of magnetic structures, living magnetotactic bacteria, magnetic nanoparticles, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, nano-imaging, nano-scale magnetometer, Nanoscale Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ... [Published Armed with Science - 11 hours ago]

Entities: QUASAR, Proton Magnetic Resonance, Organism, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

SAIC Inc

SAIC to support Navy's ARC program

MCLEAN, Va., May 23 (UPI) --The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is for a six-month base period of performance with 54 option months.The value of the contract to Science Applications International Corp. and ... [Published UPI - 11 hours ago]

Entities: SAIC Inc, Electronic Warfare, Radar Countermeasures

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 reports

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Darpa's warrior web takes its first steps

Soldiers who carry 100-pound loads for substantial periods of time across rough and hilly terrain can often suffer injuries and fatigue — but DARPA’s Warrior Web aims to change that.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun testing in the ... [Published SmartPlanet - 13 hours ago]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Army Research Laboratory, musculoskeletal

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

SAIC Wins DARPA Deal Worth $31.5 Million

SAIC recently announced that it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide engineering services in support of the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program.This contract has a six-month base ... [Published Defense World - 15 hours ago]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Radar Countermeasures, BASE PERIOD, Electronic Warfare, Countermeasures

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

SAIC Awarded Contract By DARPA

MCLEAN, Va. - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide engineering services in support of the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - 20 hours ago]

Entities: SAIC Inc, DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Wins Contract

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

DARPA releases new five-year Rapid Threat Assessment plan

DARPA released a new five-year plan for Rapid Threat Assessment last week that sets aggressive goals for detecting exactly how biological and chemical agents affect the body, in hopes of developing U.S. medical defenses.The new initiative challenges researchers ... [Published BioPrepWatch - May 22 2013]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Threat Assessment, US Department of Homeland Security, Chemical

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

5 super-cool energy projects being backed by the U.S. government

When President Barack Obama announced the launch of ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) in 2009 with bipartisan support, a high-risk research grant program run out of the Department of Energy was born. The program is modeled after the lauded ... [Published Mother Nature Network - May 22 2013]

Entities: United States Government, ARPA-E, Advanced Research Company, DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

3 Robots That Want To Save Your Life

Meet the machines that might rescue you after a future disaster.By Kelsey D. Atherton Posted 05.22.2013 at 9:00 am 0 CommentsThanks to their mechanical strength and ability to operate in conditions too dangerous for humans, robots are poised to become ... [Published Popular Science - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chimpanzee, first responders, Robotics

Quotes

"We are not there yet, but a few schemes can be applied to further increase the resolution of our system" Cheng said

'Super-resolution' microscope possible for nanostructures [Published Purdue University - 11 hours ago]

"This technology represents the trending future for current and new electronic warfare systems operated by our military."

SAIC to support Navy's ARC program [Published UPI - 11 hours ago]

According to Susan Eustis, the lead author of the study, "the military robot purchase is driven by the need for modernization of the military. The new military is dependent on flexibility and early response. The use of military robots is based on providing a robot that is less expensive to put in the field than a trained soldier and supporting the desire to keep the trained soldiers out of harm's way. That automation of process and modernization has appeal to those who run the military."

Military Ground Robot Market 2019 Forecasts - Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement a New Market ... [Published Individual.com - 11 hours ago]

...Vander Lind acknowledges it might not work, but: "If you don’t take that chance, and put a decade of your life trying to do it, no progress will get made."

Inside Google's Secret Lab [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]

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