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- PublicRegistration is now open! Join the FANG Design Challenge at http://vehicleforge.org/ to help design our military's next infantry fighting vehicle using web collaboration tools.
DARPA FANG Challenges »FANG is series of three challenges, which are prize-based design competitions for progressively more complex vehicle subsystems.
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Thomas Barnett
Converging designs tends to produce something like a Datsun 240Z. But it was a winner.
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- PublicElectronics that fight infection and dissolve away
2012/09/27 Electronics That Fight Infection and Dissolve Away »Electronics That Fight Infection and Dissolve Away. September 27, 2012. DARPA advances electronics that dissolve completely in liquid. A new class of electronics that are biocompatible and can dissolv...
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- PublicCan competing teams of engineers collaborate to design the next infantry vehicle? This video from DARPA explains the upcoming FANG Design Challenges on vehicleforge.org.
What if you could design a next-generation military ground vehicle? DARPA is embarking upon a series of three, increasingly complex design challenges to desi...
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- PublicThese microfabrication methods may help navigate a day without GPS http://go.usa.gov/rzUm
2012/09/20 Microfabrication methods to help navigate a day without GPS »Microfabrication methods to help navigate a day without GPS. September 20, 2012. New techniques developed for smaller inertial sensors. Military missions of all types need extremely accurate navigatio...
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David Sertile
This might be really useful for creating really small lenses for extremely small cameras.
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- PublicDid you just see a truck drive by over there? Maybe you don’t consciously realize you did, but your brain might have noticed. The human brain is adept at recognizing motion. DARPA designed a system to harness the brain’s power of observation for military scouts. http://go.usa.gov/rFeG
2012/09/18 Tag Team Threat-recognition Technology Incorporates Mind and Machine »Tag Team Threat-recognition Technology Incorporates Mind and Machine. September 18, 2012. DARPA fuses human brainwaves with improved sensors and cognitive algorithms to improve target detection. For w...
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- PublicDavid and Goliath Engineered Into One: Microstructural Improvements Enhance Material Properties
2012/09/13 David and Goliath Engineered Into One Microstructural Improvements Enhance Material Properties »David and Goliath Engineered Into One: Microstructural Improvements Enhance Material Properties. September 13, 2012. DARPA merges structural engineering principles with new fabrication technologies to...
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- PublicCool photo of DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (LS3) a robotic "pack mule" prototype during Monday’s demonstration. For more information on LS3 check out http://go.usa.gov/rvzF
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Robert Olson
lets sell them to california. lol oops california is already bankrupt. alaska could use them for sled dogs.. maybe a farm animal.
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- PublicRobo "pack mule" exhibits reduced noise, new gaits and improved perception http://go.usa.gov/rvzF
2012/09/10 DARPA’s Four-Legged Robots Walk Out For Capabilities Demonstration »DARPA's Four-Legged Robots Walk Out For Capabilities Demonstration. September 10, 2012. Two completed prototype robotic “pack mules” exhibit reduced noise, new gaits, and improved perception. Today, D...
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- PublicYour FANG Design Challenge questions and more are now answered in this updated FAQ. What other questions do you have?
DARPA FANG Challenges »FANG is series of three challenges, which are prize-based design competitions for progressively more complex vehicle subsystems.
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Aaron Linder
Dude, I so want to get on one of these teams...until then I'll go to school, and work at it =)
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- PublicCheetah bot runs at 28.3 mph, beating +Usain Bolt's record
DARPA's Cheetah robot—already the fastest legged robot in history—just broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour (mph). In the ...
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David Sertile
Robert Olson,
This is actually a robot. Cyborgs are integrated humans and machines. Plastic is a fairly standard robot construction material. Biomechanical parts are not that great. All that means is that they are inspired by nature. Anyway, cyborgs are mainly living, not mainly robotic.
This is actually a robot. Cyborgs are integrated humans and machines. Plastic is a fairly standard robot construction material. Biomechanical parts are not that great. All that means is that they are inspired by nature. Anyway, cyborgs are mainly living, not mainly robotic.
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