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  • DARPA To Offer $2 Million Prize For Next Generation Robot

    Robots are coming closer and closer to performing life saving duties. But the Defense Department's Advance Research Project Agency is now putting up a $2 million prize to whomever can help push the ...
    2012-04-24T13:06:00Z by Wyatt Kash
  • Defense Department Bets Big On Big Data

    Defense Department Bets Big On Big Data
    First Todd Park, former Department of Health and Human Services chief technology officer, bet on health data in a big way; got his upcoming Health Data Palloza, and then became our new Federal CTO. ...
    2012-03-30T15:58:00Z by Brand Niemann
  • Defense Department Wants Cyber Arsenal, Report Says

    Defense Department Wants Cyber Arsenal, Report Says
    The U.S. Defense Department has accelerated its efforts to develop offensive cyber weapons that could be used to dismantle hostile military networks in countries where U.S. forces are operating, The ...
    2012-03-19T15:46:00Z by Dan Verton
  • Contact Lens Technology Could Give Soldiers 'Terminator' Capabilities

    Contact Lens Technology Could Give Soldiers 'Terminator' Capabilities
    Soldiers might be able to ditch awkward goggles or helmets to access data while in the battlefield in favor of virtual reality contact lenses. For more news and insights on innovations at work in ...
    2012-02-03T09:30:00Z by Deanna Glick
  • How 8 Enthusiasts Beat 9,000 Teams To Solve DARPA's 'Shredder' Challenge

    How 8 Enthusiasts Beat 9,000 Teams To Solve DARPA's 'Shredder' Challenge
    Otavio Good, leader of the San Francisco-based team that won the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Shredder Challenge earlier this month, doesn't just do computer programming. "I live ...
    2011-12-20T08:02:00Z by Richard W. Walker
  • The Case Of Shredded Documents: DARPA Draws Big Crowd To Solve A Puzzle

    The Case Of Shredded Documents: DARPA Draws Big Crowd To Solve A Puzzle
    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Shredder Challenge" could be called the world's ultimate jigsaw puzzle contest. But it was serious business for the nearly 9,000 teams of problem ...
    2011-12-05T13:00:00Z by Richard W. Walker
  • Open Government Contests Tap 'Hidden' Innovation

    The government has already tapped hidden pockets of innovation throughout the country to solve its greatest problems and can continue to do so through the open government movement, Aneesh Chopra said ...
    2011-10-11T15:00:00Z by Deanna Glick
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