Tag: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

DARPA, the U.S. military's awesomely terrifying Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, possesses an uncanny proficiency for constructing both devastating weaponry and catchy acronyms. The organization, which has previously spawned the GUARD-DOG (Analysis for Rapid Detection - Deployed on the Ground) and RATS (Robust Automatic Transcription of Speech), is reportedly now developing a SMITE ...

What better way to fight the dangers of biological warfare than with... biological warfare? As Wired's Danger Room reports, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is set on investing a full $6 million in a project called "BioDesign," an ambitious plan that, if successful, would spawn a whole army of genetically engineered organisms programmed to fight the good fight -- until the end of ...

Since James Cameron completed 'Avatar' he's probably looking for another project to occupy years of his life. (We're sorry if it makes you depressed to hear that it's really over). Instead of wasting time on another overrated technology demo posing as cinema, we think Cameron should use his talents for something a little more worthwhile. What could be better than a government-funded military ...