DARPA

Honeywell UOP's "Green Jet Fuel" successfully powered a Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopter flown by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

3 | June 16, 2010 7:17am | By Andrew Nusca

Darpa is usually known for off-the-wall, risky projects. Its newest is useful, but not particularly Darpa-like.

1 | June 11, 2010 1:13pm | By Dan Nosowitz

We say goodbye to Thinking Tech editor Dana Blankenhorn and hello to a new one: Dan Nosowitz.

June 2, 2010 7:02am | By Andrew Nusca

DARPA's proposed "military WebMD" aims to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other war-related ailments.

June 2, 2010 4:30am | By Dan Nosowitz

DARPA, the Pentagon's research arm, has announced $14.9 million in funding for major research institutions to collaborate on brain implants that can help repair traumatic brain injury.

13 | May 7, 2010 2:28pm | By Andrew Nusca

We say goodbye to Thinking Tech editor John Dodge and hello to a new one: Deborah Gage.

3 | May 3, 2010 8:21am | By Andrew Nusca

A U.S. Navy-owned F/A-18 Super Hornet is the first supersonic jet with afterburners to fly on a biofuels blend.

13 | April 22, 2010 1:30pm | By Andrew Nusca

The Pentagon research agency sets a deadline to fulfill its George Jetson-like dreams.

4 | April 16, 2010 12:00pm | By Melissa Mahony

A cat's brain is the model for a new supercomputer developed by the University of Michigan and funded by DARPA.

5 | April 16, 2010 3:34am | By Andrew Nusca

Segway inventor Dean Kamen shows off the latest version of a brain-controlled prosthetic arm that promises better mobility for amputees.

2 | April 6, 2010 5:12pm | By Andrew Nusca

The director of DARPA said the U.S. faces a severe lack of science and engineering graduates, putting the nation's security at risk.

9 | April 5, 2010 11:33am | By Andrew Nusca

DARPA, the Pentagon's research division, seeks to develop machines with the most living of qualities: visual intelligence.

March 18, 2010 11:22am | By Andrew Nusca

Funded by DARPA and SRI International, computer scientists Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus and Tom Gruber are working to bring advanced artificial intelligence to mobile devices. Their invention is...

16 | March 17, 2010 8:54am

The Pentagon's cutting-edge research outfit, DARPA, is soliciting research that demonstrates quantum effects in biological processes -- as well as prototype biomimetic sensors that harness them.

1 | March 12, 2010 11:43am | By Andrew Nusca

As the use of prosthetic limbs increases in military veterans, the Pentagon is investigating prostheses that are more durable, reliable and directly controlled using brain implants.

6 | March 10, 2010 6:28am | By Andrew Nusca

Modular prefab homes; green tech bubble; real-time planetary activity; hidden cost of products; antibiotics: ticking time bomb.

February 9, 2010 2:12pm | By Andrew Nusca

In a neat infographic, Austrian designer Michael Paukner maps out all the satellites and large debris orbiting the Earth -- and which nations are responsible for it.

8 | February 5, 2010 1:49pm | By Andrew Nusca

While it's not Spider-Man-worthy -- yet -- researchers at Cornell University have developed a new adhesive device that could one day let humans hang from and scale walls.

10 | February 5, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Food for nine billion people; California pesticides; crowdsourced intel; luxury zeppelins; bayonet training.

2 | February 4, 2010 10:20am | By Andrew Nusca

$41 billion air traffic delays; Public transportation vs. highways; Melting guns, knives for Olympics; Semiconductor inspiration; 1,000 California solar panels.

January 21, 2010 1:06pm | By Andrew Nusca