Military Electronics That Shatter Into Dust On Command

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 6, 2014 @08:22AM from the poof-it's-gone dept.

First time accepted submitter MAE Keller writes "Two U.S. companies are joining a military research program to develop sensitive electronic components able to self-destruct on command to keep them out of the hands of potential adversaries who would attempt to counterfeit them for their own use. From the article: 'Last Friday DARPA awarded a $2.1 million contract to PARC, and a $3.5 million contract to IBM for the VAPR program, which seeks to develop transient electronics that can physically disappear in a controlled, triggerable manner.'"

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Re:Kind of like slashdot by Antipater · 2014-02-06 08:55 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I'm trying a new tack - contacting outside media. If Alice Hill doesn't read her own email or /. comments, maybe she reads tech news in other places. If tech bloggers elsewhere start writing about slashdot's impending demise, she (or her boss, maybe) might take notice.
Anyone have any journalist friends?

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