DARPA’s solution to the military’s plastic trash problem? Eat it.

DARPA’s solution to the military’s plastic trash problem? Eat it.

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Post Views: 194 This is the goal of DARPA’s ReSource program, which is soon going to be moving onto its second phase. In the first phase, teams from Battelle (a private research company frequently contracted by the government), Iowa State University, MIT, and Michigan Technological University, alongside government partners, studied proofs-of-concept for such waste conversion….

Military medics and mechanics may soon have access to a virtual help desk through AMIGOS

Military medics and mechanics may soon have access to a virtual help desk through AMIGOS

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Post Views: 119 “Augmented reality, computer vision, language processing, dialogue processing and reasoning are all AI technologies that have disrupted a variety of industries individually but never in such a coordinated and synergistic fashion,” Charles Ortiz, the principal investigator for AMIGOS, said in a Xerox release, “By leveraging existing instructional materials to create new AR…

DARPA wants Space-BACN so satellite communication sizzles

DARPA wants Space-BACN so satellite communication sizzles

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Post Views: 124 In the space between satellites, DARPA wants there to be a shared language. The Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) is a program designed to place satellites that can talk to other satellites in orbit, overcoming existing design barriers and adapting to the future. It’s the promise of robust infrastructure in space, capable…