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Military Electronics That Shatter Into Dust On Command

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Car analogy time by Bob+the+Super+Hamste · · Score: 4, Funny

    Car analogy time:
    I have gotten rid of vehicles that sucked less than the Slashdot beta. Seriously even that '85 Bronco II where everything was rusty, none of the body panels matched, and that had bad compression on the #5 cylinder sucked less than beta.slashdot.org.

    Too bad Slashdot beta won't shatter into dust on command

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    Time to offend someone
  2. Make Beta mandatory by mccotter · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been looking for an excuse to reclaim some time in my day.

  3. BETA - I command you! by stenvar · · Score: 4, Funny

    BETA, I command you: turn into dust NOW.