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more about #pentagon more comments → Odin: I struggle with the regular kind. more » banmojo: We have so much more to learn from God's amazing designs found in the nature He created. more » frigg: When is DARPA going to make reconnaissance spiders? I thought the rule was anything in Minority Report has to get made first. more » Curves: As of today, the Hummingbird feeder in my back yard comes down. more » Purple Dave: I'm all for the idea of using crickets to rescue trapped people when a building collapses, but frankly, I don't like the idea that someday I could roa... more » whiteknight89 digs DBZ: From what I'm reading, we're really just adding a small sensor or two on to the backs of these guys that shocks their wings into chirping from certain... more » LittleJon: I co-wrote the proposal for that project with Aerovironment (I was working with Matt Keenon who's the pilot in the video). My company was responsible ... more » Unknown2U: Simply amazing at what people can accomplish. Although I can see this being used as a big brother type of thing against US citizens. According to an a... more » marcsiry: From the top image, it appears the suburbs they intend to attack are in Southern California. more » frigg: So when do they come out with the robot spiders that can go floor to floor in search of Tom Cruise lounging in a cold bath? more » nintendude: Is it against the TOS to say F*** THE RIAA on Gizmodo? more » nemoo: >But it's a step in the right direction, that's for sure. yes, lets have even more killing robots so that fighting wars will be even more terrible ... more » Hilo: According to the above diagram, it appears to drop bottles of Gatorade on the unsuspecting populace below. Terrible. more » Max Finkel: tell me pentagon, why do we need to be killing people in suburbs again? more » Pope John Peeps II: Oh yes, the CYBER COMMAND is going to orchestrate security between hundreds of separate companies working with DOZENS of giant military corporate grou... more » -
#uavs
Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One
Last year, DARPA granted aerospace firm, Aeronvironment, a chunk of change and six-months to demonstrate a bird-sized Nano Air Vehicle (NAV). This video shows the result: the "smallest ever free-flying aircraft to hover and climb with flapping wings." More » -
#cyborgs
Insect Cyborgs Could Replace Smoke Detectors, Rescue Earthquake Victims
The Pentagon is known for its ominous pet projects, but here's one we can honestly say doesn't have us losing any sleep: Cyborg crickets. More » -
#robots
Pentagon's Robot Hummingbird Christened "Nano Air Vehicle"
The Pentagon's wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They're not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream. More » -
#weaponry
Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
The Pentagon's current crop of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are insanely powerful—the "Hellfire" is so named for a reason—but also fairly imprecise, often killing innocent, nearby civilians. The DoD's new UAVs hope to cut down on such casualties. More » -
#cybersecurity
Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
After unidentified hackers made away with untold amounts of protected data on a highly-classified fighter jet project, the Pentagon decided to step up their cybersecurity. The first step? Creating the badass-sounding Cyber Command. More » -
#espionage
Cyber-Spies Hack Into Ultra-Sensitive Pentagon Fighter Jet Project
Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project and made off with several terabytes of code. The Pentagon, and consequently the Wall Street Journal, suspects Chinese involvement. More » -
#weaponry
The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
The EXACTO (EXtreme ACcuracy Tasked Ordnance) rifle will conceivably be able to fire accurately at far longer distances than are possible now by combating weather with self-guiding bullets. Yes, you read that right. More » -
#satellites
Pentagon Mitex Satellites Are the First to Actively Spy... On Other Satellites!
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? If we're talking spy satellites, the answer this week became "U.S. satellites," two of which completed a first-of-its kind maneuver that had wide-ranging ramifications for all satellites currently in orbit. Update. More » -
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#led
Pentagon Goes Green With 4,000 LED Installation
Apparently, even the tough-as-nails Pentagon, home of the Department of Defense, has a soft spot for green technology, as word comes to us today that 4,000 LED fixtures will illuminate the building's Wedge 5. More » -
#qotd
Would Military Budget Cuts Affect Technology Innovation?
In case you haven't noticed, the military test craze these days is amazing. More » -
#wow
The Pentagon Preps for World of Warcraft Invasion (No, Seriously)
Terrorism. It could be all around you. It could be in the air you breathe, the food you eat, the loved one you kiss goodnight and even the MMO you play. Yes, friends, according to a recent presentation by Dr. Dwight Toavs, professor at the Pentagon's National Defense University, virtual worlds could easily hide a real terrorist plot. And to illustrate his point, Toavs supplied this example screen from World of Warcraft. It looks innocent enough, just documenting a good old dragon fire spell on the south gates of the Keep. Unless...wait...what could they really be referring to? More » -
#exclusive
DARPA Urban Challenge Cars Invading Pentagon Parking Lot
Gizmodo reader Andrew Friend was strolling yesterday through the Pentagon's North Parking back to the office when he noticed the car above, MIT's entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, which aims to produce a car that can run completely automated in any conditions, without human intervention. He reported today that all the challenge cars arrived today—"they must be doing something on the weekend when the parking lot clears out," he said. With no notice of a new challenge, what are all those cars doing there? Some possible answers, Google Maps location and a video showing how good these cars are, right after the jump. Updated: check the extra images from different cars and all the details about what is going on from another reader at the Pentagon right now. More » -
#pentagonreport
Paper Sheet Protects World from Nuclear Holocaust
A report released this month by the Pentagon has revealed the truth behind the B-52 bomber—loaded with six live nuclear warheads—flying over the US, a mistake that could have had catastrophic consequences. Their explanation: a 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of printed paper used to differentiate between nuclear and conventional missiles. Really, it can't get any more absurd than this: More » -
#chips
Sun Working on Replacing Wires with Lasers to Drastically Increase Chip Speeds
If our computers are ever going to hit speeds that'll allow us to do things like simulate the big bang, create artificial intelligence or create giant, building-sized robots to fight for our amusement, we need to move beyond wires. After all, their physical makeup is going to hit a wall at some point, so rather than just continuing to work at making faster wires, we need to look at what's going to come after wires, and that something is lasers. More » -
#military
Army's Miniature Spy-Bat Concept Makes Lucius Fox Drool
Army dudes sat down with scientists at University of Michigan and other schools and asked for a simple frickin' bionic bat with frickin' stereo cameras, miniaturized radar, ultra-sensitive self-guidance, "energy scavenging" recharging capability and a radio to send data back to troops in urban combat zones. Was that too much to ask? Here's how it's working out for them: More »
