217 Results From "DARPA"

Researchers are working on a way to transform plastic waste into edible biomass for deep-space missions, all with the help of lab-engineered bacteria.
Off-World

Cursed Tech Turns Plastic Waste Into Edible Food

DARPA and the Air Force successfully flight tested a hypersonic missile that "breathes" the air around it to propel itself faster.
DARPA

DARPA Successfully Launched an “Air-Breathing” Hypersonic Missile

Chance Glenn, an engineering professor, is ready to commit an entire lab to inch closer towards a warp drive by making use of simple antifreeze.
Science & Energy

Professor Believes Door to Warp Drive May Lie With Ethylene Glycol

A number of NASA, Air Force, DARPA, and MIT scientists are regularly meeting on Zoom to discuss "anti-gravity" science and technologies.
DARPA

NASA, DARPA, MIT Scientists Met to Discuss “Anti-Gravity” Tech

The US continues to fall behind Russia and China when it comes to hypersonic missiles after a second test of the high-tech weapon failed.
Future Society

US Hypersonic Missile Test Fails For A Second Time

DARPA plans to send a nuclear-powered rocket into orbit by 2025. It can't get there on its own, but once it's in space it could make Mars trips much faster.
Off-World

DARPA Is Planning to Launch a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

Researchers were able to hack into fruit fly brains and successfully command specific movements, with just a click of a wireless remote control.
Science & Energy

Scientists Hijack Fruit Fly Brains to Remote Control Their Wings

A pair of robotic arms allowed a partially paralyzed man to eat with a knife and fork, an impressive demonstration that could help many people.
Prosthetics and Devices

Robotic Arms Allow Paralyzed Man to Eat Cake With Knife and Fork

The US military is developing an aircraft carrier loaded up with semi-autonomous drones that flies in the air instead of floating on water.
DARPA

DARPA Is Working on a Gigantic, Flying Aircraft Carrier

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a call for military jetpack, wingsuits, parafoils, and glider designs. for use in combat.
DARPA

DARPA Is Officially Studying Combat Jetpacks for the Military

The US Department of Defense has helped develop technology that allows a single person to control 130 drones for military operations.
Drones

New Military Tech Lets One Person Fly Swarm of 130 Drones

A new approach to brain-computer interface takes away implants and replaces them with millions of nanoparticles that can read neural activity.
Neuroscience and Brain

DARPA Is Funding Nanoparticles That Permeate Brain to Read Neural Signals

DARPA is developing new military drones that can fire missiles after being launched out of a fighter or bomber plane at a safe distance.
Drones

DARPA Wants Fighter Planes to Launch Drones That Then Launch Missiles

China claims to have built the "world's largest quadruped bionic robot," a gigantic "mechanical yak" that can carry over 350 pounds at a shambling 6.2 mph.
Robotics

China Builds Giant Walking Military Robot

DARPA is developing night-vision goggles that look just like glasses instead of the bulky, binocular-like tech that currently exists.
DARPA

DARPA Working on Night-Vision Goggles the Size of Normal Glasses

Harold "Sonny" White, a big name in warp drive research, left NASA in late 2019 to work on the Warp Drive with a private firm. He took everything with him.
Science & Energy

Warp Drive Scientist Took All His Equipment With Him When He Left NASA

China launched a hypersonic missile test in late August that took the United States government by surprise.
Future Society

US Officials Shocked by Chinese Missile Test That Went All the Way Around the Earth

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just handed out a $14 million dollar contract to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion system in space.
Moon

DARPA Is Considering a Nuclear Rocket for Moon Missions

China claims that it was testing a totally harmless, reusable spacecraft — and not a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile as was reported this weekend.
Future Society

China Says It Was Testing a New Spaceship, Not a Hypersonic Missile

California-based startup JetPack Aviation is selling two of its jetpack units for $400,000 a piece to an "undisclosed military customer in South-East Asia."
Military

A Startup Is Selling Jetpacks to an “Undisclosed Military Customer”