What DARPA's Been Up To, At Length

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 27, 2009 @01:13AM from the one-long-list-of-credits dept.

The New York Times takes an inside look at DARPA, the secretive defense agency, mentioned frequently on Slashdot, that is "changing the way we use machines — and the way they use us" in the form of a review of Michael Belfiore's The Department of Mad Scientists. Besides tracing the history of the agency, Belfiore's book expounds on the well-known Grand Challenge and its link to ever-more-automated vehicle control in civilian and military contexts, as well as other DARPA pet projects, including robotic surgery, information analysis, and the integration of electronics with the human body.

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Darp by BadAnalogyGuy · 2009-12-27 01:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Darp darp.
Re:The truth by bcmm · 2009-12-27 01:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't attach your comment to the first post if it's not related. It's slightly annoying, the mods are wise to it, and the comment system won't keep your comment at the top of the page if the FP gets modded down.

(Offtopic, so posting without my bonus).

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Re:The truth by 2.7182 · 2009-12-27 01:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Chill out. The fp was junk.