Tag: darpa
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news on the march
america’s chemically modified 21st century soldiers*air marshals mistaken for terrorists*judge orders all references to ‘taser’ stricken from medical examiner’s reports*iran: collapse of US empire, imminent*study: washington hospitals ill-equipped to handle terror attack*2 killed as troops fire into somali riot over food prices*bumps under the blanket & the suicide flu*merck plant dumps vaccine waste & chemicals…
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thoughtcrime, hydrant cams, recycle cops & dc detectors
could soldiers be prosecuted for thoughtcrime?from danger room: The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a number of technologies that tap into the brain’s ability to detect threats before the conscious mind is able to process the information. Already, there is Pentagon-sponsored work on using the brain’s pattern detection capabilities for enhanced goggles…
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the government is trying to wrap its mind around yours
from washington post: Imagine a world of streets lined with video cameras that alert authorities to any suspicious activity. A world where police officers can read the minds of potential criminals and arrest them before they commit any crimes. A world in which a suspect who lies under questioning gets nabbed immediately because his brain…
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collateral 40: a bug’s life
from collateral news: This weeks episode is about remote controlled bugs, implanted micro-cameras and the Pentagon’s latest attempt to spy on terrorists … wait a few years and this new technology called ‘Hybrid Insects Mems’ or ‘Hi-Mems’ will be in the hands of domestic law enforcement flying around your living room.
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robotwars, saic, target cities, l-rad & vampire cams
automated killer robots ‘threat to humanity’from afp: Increasingly autonomous, gun-totting robots developed for warfare could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and may one day unleash a robot arms race, a top expert on artificial intelligence told AFP. “They pose a threat to humanity,” said University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey ahead of a…
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radiation pills, blackwater ills, gold & a ‘gannon moment’
white house drops anti-radiation pill planfrom upi: The Bush administration has dropped a program to distribute anti-radiation pills to citizens who live near nuclear reactors, officials said. John Marburger, U.S. President George Bush’s top science adviser, said Monday the over-the-counter potassium iodide pills “offer negligible additional protection” against radiation exposure and there were more effective…
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army sets up new office of videogames
from danger room: The U.S. military has been using games for decades to train its troops. Now, for the first time, the Army has set up a project office, just for building and deploying games. No, the Army isn’t about to start handing out copies of Halo 3 to troops, TSJOnline.com notes. “I haven’t seen…
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space defense program gets extra funding
from washington post: While wrestling with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is preparing weapons to fight the next battle from space, according to information in the 621-page, House-Senate conference report on the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations bill. The $459 billion bill, which awaits President Bush’s signature, provides $100 million for a new “prompt…
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pentagon forecast: cloudy, 80% chance of riots
from wired: The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin to try to predict insurgencies and civil unrest like the weather. It’s part of a larger military effort to blend forecasting software with social science that has some counterinsurgency experts cringing. Lockheed recently won a $1.3 million, 15-month contract from the Defense Department to help develop the…
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darpa ‘predicts’ use of virtual satellites
from thought criminal: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is predicting that in the future “virtual satellites” circling the globe will peer down on enemy forces. Instead of one expensive 10,000-pound spacecraft, the spy camera will float alone, unattached to other components. The onboard processor and communications node, for example, will orbit nearby and the…
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darpa to create brain-chipped cyborg moths
from cryptogon/register uk: Famed US military mad-scientist bureau DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is engaged in an effort to grow/build cyborg moths for use as spies. No, really. The program is called Hybrid Insect Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, or HI-MEMS. In it, the arguably over-caffeined DARPA boffins aim to construct a tiny lepidopterine…