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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. Kill Beta! by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet.

    On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.

    Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.

    If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.

    We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.
    We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott

    Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta
    Commentors - only discuss the Beta - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories

    Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.

    Discussion of Beta
    Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live
    Alternative Slashdot

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

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