DARPA

DARPA announces Phase 1 of its XS-1 spaceplane program

Posted in Science on 18th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

It takes a lot more money and preparation to launch a rocket than to have a plane take off.

DARPA's shooting robots into space to build satellites

Posted in Hardware on 8th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller

The purpose of Phoenix is to send robots into outer space with everything theyd need to build satellites. Then have those robots build said satellites.

Google rejects military funding for its advanced humanoid robot

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

The tech giant wants to distance itself from the military research lab DARPA, and the feeling is mutual.

DARPA's XS-1 hypersonic spaceplane to fly by 2017

Posted in Hardware on 13th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The XS-1 (short for eXperimental Spaceplane) will be capable of multiple return flights to space, deploying satellites and the like at least 10 times a year.

DARPAs futuristic brain implant will restore lost memories

Posted in Medicine on 12th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

In case of brain injury, the implant would basically do a system restore, giving those memories back.