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Darpa Wants a New Language to Explain Everything
Darpa has a well-earned rep for some of the most ambitious, over-the-top research programs of all time. But this might be the most over-the-toppest of all. The very first step? Create a unified...
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Homeland Security Junks Billion Dollar ‘Virtual Fence’
It only took nearly a year of hiatus and $1 billion in sunk costs, but the Department of Homeland Security has finally gotten rid of the networked suite of sensors that made up its virtual border...
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New Nanosensor Sniffs Bombs, One Molecule at a Time
Imagine a piece of metal 30,000 times thinner than one of the hairs on your head. Mixed with a little protein from bee venom, that microscopic filament becomes the most powerful explosives-detection...
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Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea Turtles
The U.S. military's tech still isn't sophisticated enough to consistently tell Aunt Irma apart from Terrorist Jane. (Unless Jane is holding an AK-47, that is.) But what about telling a sea turtle apart...
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The Air Force’s Bug-Eyed Plan for New Spy Gear
The Air Force wants its new spy sensors to work like a locust's eye.
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Air Force Wants You to Design Its Next-Gen Sensors (For Cheap)
Want to design the next generation of Air Force sensors and imaging tools? Yeah, they're not going to pay you much.
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Homeland Security Delays Plan to Place Sensors on U.S.-Mexico Border
The U.S. government's plan to spend millions on advanced new ground sensors at the Mexican border has been delayed, as the sensors have bandwidth and frequency problems the feds haven't resolved.
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