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These are probably some of the most depressing gifs I’ve ever seen. They simply show changes in Earth’s surface as a result of human activity. These gifs were put together using pictures from Google Timelaps.

Humanity’s Impact on the Earth in Gifs

"While Loon does routinely fly balloons over the [U.S.] from our launch site in Nevada, we do not currently have balloons in the area."

UFOs over Kansas City turned out to be something strange

Lighter Than Air

Two mysterious white objects that were spotted in the sky over Kansas City, Missouri last night turned out to be DARPA's balloons.

UFOs Over Kansas City Turned Out to Be Something Strange

Spoiler: it wasn't aliens.

"We should integrate it in October 2019 and hope to start testing in 2020."

DARPA: This smart contact lens could give soldiers superpowers

Smart Contact Lens

French engineering school IMT Atlantique revealed what it calls "the first stand-alone contact lens with a flexible micro battery" earlier this month.

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers

Is this the smart contact lens DARPA has been looking for for at least a decade?

"The idea is that the sounds that the shrimp create would travel to the object, reflect off of it and we would be able to detect it at our sensors."

DARPA wants to use noisy shrimp to detect enemy subs

Cocktail Sauce

DARPA funded a research project that wants to use the noise given off by snapping shrimp and other sea life as ubiquitous sonar.

DARPA Wants to Use Noisy Shrimp to Detect Enemy Subs

Underwater white noise could serve as natural sonar.

Voters would be able to verify that the machine actually read their votes correctly.

DARPA is building an open source voting machine

Hanging Chads

DARPA is developing technology that could finally lead to secure voting machines. It plans to have experts from professors to hackers kick the tires.

DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine

The goal is to make elections secure without reverting to paper ballots.

"Even small insects have subjective experiences, the first step towards a concept of 'consciousness.'"

DARPA wants to build conscious robots using insect brains

Enhanced Humans

The Pentagon's emerging technologies unit put out a call last week for proposals that use insect brains to control robots.

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