The Pentagon's push for wearable power
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Blog: The Defense Department wants a few good inventors to devise a prototype system that can power a standard soldier's equipment for 96 hours.
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Darpa has developed some of the coolest weaponry for the U.S. military. Now it's going to upgrade the soldiers. By Noah Shachtman from Wired magazine. Plus: "national security
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip (VeriChip) that will be implanted in humans and used for medical purposes.
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When the Pentagon's research arm first called for innovators to design and race a self-driving car to make warfare safer, a ragtag bunch of garage tinkerers, computer geeks and even high school students answered.
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The military is looking to help grunts dodge explosives by funding next-generation technology that can predict where the deadly devices are made and placed.
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The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade.
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Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.
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Cameras watch for face twitchers The US will redirect the bulk of its investment in civil surveillance technology next year into the production of devices it can deploy in its war on terror.â¦
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Heavy users of mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices may want to try on a new coat lined with solar modules and a battery to charge their gadgets on the fly.
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A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon in chips for devices.
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Darpa, the Pentagon's mad science division, got a $324 million boost in the Defense Department's new budget -- a 10 percent increase. Which means lots more cash for giant blimps, next-gen wireless networks, Mach 6 planes, shape-shifting drones, and improvised bomb-beaters.
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Electronic textiles have applications far beyond cool shirts.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that would give the military a more prominent role in intelligence-collection operations.
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Looking to bug al-Qaeda Famed US military mad-scientist bureau DARPA (the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency) is engaged in an effort to grow/build cyborg moths for use as spies. No, really.â¦
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Department of Defense considers the threats posed by hackers, pornographers, and IPods.
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Researchers have made analog electronics out of carbon nanotubes.
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RAE Systems believes the government could do more to exploit sensor tools.