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DARPA Shows Off Their Latest Shinies

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the how-about-just-sharing-money-tree-technology dept.

coondoggie writes with news that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released their top nine strategic research programs via a 57-page report last week. The overarching theme seems to be big long term goals that could result in major advances in technology. "DARPA's projects run the gamut from building extremely fast, secure networks, and developing higher, longer flying unmanned aircraft to bio-related advances that help bring vaccines to a useful state faster and space technologies that offer modular satellite systems."

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  1. A bit over generalized? by smaddox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    These "programs" seem a bit over generalized. I mean "High Productivity Computing Systems"? I think there are a few other groups working in that area.

    It would take me a few minutes to think of something that doesn't fall under these 9 topics.

  2. Your comment strikes me as ironic by fructose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ahh, the irony. Here you are, posting a comment on the direct derivative of something 'shiny' that DARPA (then just ARPA) ponied up the money for. Ever hear of ARPANET?

  3. Re:glad to see the taxpayer getting fucked again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm glad we as taxpayers paying for all this 'shiney' stuff has a say-so in it. This black budget is well accounted for i'm sure.

    Oh wait we don't. We don't have a say so in anything our military does. I love our tyranical overlords who shit our taxpayer funds away.

    It's ironic you're complaining about DARPA on the Internet.

    Since that started as a DARPA project.