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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. BUCK FETA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also, fuck beta!

  2. Already One Step Ahead... by ThatsDrDangerToYou · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I write code like this all the time. Oh wait, you mean on purpose?

    Ob note: uck-fay eta-bay

  3. Too bad Slashdot beta won't shatter into dust by Bob+the+Super+Hamste · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    --
    Time to offend someone
  4. Beta Sucks by JWW · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Keep classic /.

    oh and does anyone else hear the crickets??

  5. Closing my DICE account by anthony_greer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have used dice to find many jobs, including the one I have right now, but I will not use Dice again if this beta isn't reversed.

    Dice makes way more off of a placement than some silly adverts, if the technical professionals who read this site want to make a stand, kill your Dice profile - want to find a job? target your goal city and call head hunters, they will get you good jobs if you have a good skill.

    1. Re:Closing my DICE account by byronivs · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This. Close your account. There are many other options out there.

  6. blind leading the blind? by dciman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not sure why the editors think that simply continuing to blindly post stories is going to change things here.

    We aren't talking about the news!

    Respect your users!

  7. Here's my POV on Beta by excelsior_gr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I got a message urging me to try it, so I clicked on it, looked at the Beta and thought: oh, this looks like Slashdot on my phone. And clicked back to the original interface after only a short while. Learn a lesson from Win8: Interfaces that look good on a phone, are crap for a desktop.

    I mean, you have people on this site that actually believe that a CLI is a superior interface. And you try to impress them with eye-candy that takes functionality away? Goodluckwiththat.

    What were you guys thinking?