DARPA
Darpa urgently wants a space plane it can fly day after day
Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA says it's looking to 'enable routine, low cost space access,' making the delivery of satellites to orbit as routine as, say, shipping cargo across the oceans.
Accelerated learning from low current brain stimulation
Posted in Science on 14th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
"Students, employees, and athletes could potentially benefit, as could those with traumatic brain injury who have impaired memory."
DARPA XS-1 Spaceplane Program to Ease Access to Space
Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA has announced Phase 2 of the XS-1 program, which seeks to design and fabricate an experimental unmanned spaceplane, and fly the vehicle ten times in ten days.
DARPA's satellite repair robot makes house calls
Posted in Hardware on 28th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA has a vision of a mobile robotic servicing system designed to rendezvous with and repair ailing telecommunications satellites.
DARPA is using peripheral nerve stimulation to accelerate learning
Posted in Science on 21st Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Unlike many of DARPAs neuroscience and neurotechnology endeavors, it will aim not just to restore lost function but to advance capabilities beyond normal levels.