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DARPA recently used volunteers to test their smart-phone sized SIGMA program which uses a mobile network of crowd-sourced detectors that sniff for sources of radiation that could be a nuke.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Improv" program wants those who feel they can make mayhem with some off the shelf tech to meet with them.

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Here are six products that have recently blipped on my radar along with my judgement on their tacti-cool factor.

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Sprouting from military technology, an elementary school hosted a test of its new gunshot detection system, which will have application in active shooter events.

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DARPA’s Big Dog saw its first real-world action in Hawaii during the RIMPAC 2014, a multinational maritime war games. The robotic monstrosity known as the LS3 performed well across various types of terrain and was able to keep up with the bipedal Marines with ease. While Big Dog has been in development for years, this […]

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This is DARPA's EXACTO system: a bullet that can change its trajectory after it's been fired. This shows how much control snipers have over the projectile.

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DARPA’s Squad X initiative is inviting bright minds to submit their ideas for an integrated digital system to enhance situational awareness on the squad level.

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Reason number 1,001 that you don't want to piss off U.S. troops. Pretty soon, we'll have an army of Spider-Men. Well, gecko-men.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled concept images for their modular drones that will fight alongside warriors in the battlefield in an announcement Tuesday. DARPA launched their Transformer (TX) program in 2009 with the intent to provide troops with “flexible, terrain-independent transportation for logistics, personnel transport and tactical support missions for small ground units.” And […]

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