Dec 5, 2011 ... Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular ...

Mar 23, 2011 ... Last month we mentioned how DARPA and Local Motors were trying out a crowdsourcing model for producing a concept combat vehicle. Well ...

Jun 1, 2011 ... We've been following DARPA's Nano UAV program since 2009, and it's really remarkable how it's gone from clumsy to cool to creepy in just a ...

Feb 22, 2011 ... The DARPA “Nano-UAV” project we've covered here before is entering the uncanny valley. The aim was to create a small, winged robot that ...

Feb 4, 2011 ... Comments. DARPA, the Defense Department's R&D wing, does some pretty amazing stuff. And when they aren't getting what they want from ...

Dec 2, 2011 ... DARPA Director Regina Dugan adds “The DARPA Shredder Challenge underscores the value of increasing the number and diversity of ...

Apr 11, 2011 ... DARPA has put out a request for full-disk encryption for iOS and Android-based devices. The deal is that the Defense Advances Research ...

Dec 5, 2011 ... DARPA's Shredder Challenge, a contest to reconstruct documents from a slurry of shredded paper, has been solved, suggesting that my ...

Oct 12, 2010 ... It looks like Lockheed and DARPA have jointly developed a system that makes it easier for snipers to pick off their targets. Yes, a real life aimbot ...

Apr 23, 2008 ... Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007. Some posts he'd like you ...

Feb 22, 2010 ... This rather unconvincing video shows a current project of DARPA's, in which a jet is accelerated first by regular propulsion, then ramjets, then ...

May 11, 2010 ... Remember the DARPA red balloon challenge back in December? DARPA launched ten red balloons across the country and offered $40000 to ...

Feb 17, 2010 ... The scoop: Darpa, made famous by Metal Gear Solid, wants to commission a C3PO-like software/device that's able to translate 20 languages ...

Sep 13, 2008 ... DARPA is sponsoring a $4.5 million research effort to find new ways to turn coal into liquid fuel. The existing Fischer-Tropsch method of ...

Jun 17, 2008 ... Oh, DARPA. Everything you touch turns to semi-gold. Really, though — DARPA is great because they throw money at practically every cool ...

Nov 5, 2007 ... My alma mater, CMU, won the DARPA city challenge in which they had to build — and successfully deploy — an autonomous vehicle in a ...

Nov 13, 2008 ... Yes, Darpa, which brought you all of the Internets, has developed Personal Air Vehicle Technology, or PAVT (or A Ceca Persevering Holly Hot ...

Jul 1, 2008 ... In yet another freaky-yet-awesome move by DARPA, a team at Tufts University has been awarded a $3.3 million contract to develop a breed of ...

Dec 5, 2009 ... This morning DARPA launched ten red balloons across the U.S. in a Network Challenge to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the precursor to ...

Feb 3, 2012 ... The project is being funded by DARPA, with the NSA evaluating it as ... If DARPA makes any substantial security improvements to Android's ...