DARPA

Guided missiles and drones often cost millions -- but are they about to become cheaper?

2 | October 4, 2012 4:04am | By Charlie Osborne

DARPA's prototype robot AlphaDog has received an upgrade -- looking less like a puppy and more like a pack mule.

September 12, 2012 10:24am | By Charlie Osborne

DARPAs latest running robot runs faster than any human alive, at least for a little while.

1 | September 6, 2012 7:13am | By Rose Eveleth

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about military technology.

3 | August 28, 2012 12:07am | By Charlie Osborne

What actually triggers instinctive reactions to risk and danger? DARPA wants to find out.

August 27, 2012 3:13am | By Charlie Osborne

A new robot hand takes on the task of manipulating and disarming bombs.

3 | August 22, 2012 4:27am | By Charlie Osborne

DARPA is known for its role in developing innovations such as the Internet; now, the U.S. Department of Defense agency is creating an open design competition to improve tanks used by Marines.

9 | August 20, 2012 3:45am | By Reena Jana

After receiving a $2.6 million contract from DARPA, Harvard scientists will work to create the lightest, most-flexible smart suit yet.

August 12, 2012 5:33pm | By Sarah Korones

The military research agency wants to make delivering disaster aid more efficient and less reliant on military ships and personnel.

July 19, 2012 3:06am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has taken a novel approach to combating fire - developing a bass cannon that can put out fires with pure sound.

8 | July 17, 2012 3:27am | By Charlie Osborne

Researchers at MIT have developed chip sets that draw power from heat, light and vibrations.

July 11, 2012 2:46am | By Charlie Osborne

Humans are now considered to be the greatest force on the geology of Earth. Can we use the same technological innovation that got us to a population of 7 billion to save us from dying out?

3 | June 29, 2012 7:54am | By Christie Nicholson

Would you like to get your hands on a 50 gigapixel camera?

3 | June 22, 2012 5:40am | By Charlie Osborne

Where does RIM, Google and Apple stand?

June 18, 2012 4:49am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about military technology.

1 | June 17, 2012 10:02pm | By Charlie Osborne

Organic solar thin-film maker Konarka Technologies, which has raised at least $150 million from investors, can no longer attract the financing it needs to continue operations.

6 | June 4, 2012 12:34pm | By Kirsten Korosec

The FBI is launching a unit that is capable of spying on your Skype conversations among other forms of Internet communications.

11 | May 27, 2012 8:39pm | By Ina Damm Muri

The project aims to contribute to the development of immediate, real-time language translation and information extraction system technology.

May 21, 2012 3:54am | By Charlie Osborne

The Open Source Robotics Foundation aims to drive adoption of, research for and education about open source software within the field.

May 9, 2012 6:37am | By Andrew Nusca

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about advances in military technology.

April 23, 2012 12:41am | By Charlie Osborne