Tech Times Could Oculus Rift become a weapon? DARPA thinks soWashington Business Journal (blog)One of DARPA’s longest-running programs could be used by the military thanks to one of the most talked-about video game platforms of the past year. Last week…
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Military Plans To Test Brain Implants To Fight Mental Disorders – NPR (blog)
UCSF News Services Military Plans To Test Brain Implants To Fight Mental DisordersNPR (blog)The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is launching a $70 million program to help military personnel with psychiatric disorders using electronic devices implanted in the…
DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfare – SiliconANGLE (blog)
DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfareSiliconANGLE (blog)A report in Wired says the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is attempting to ‘weaponize’ Oculus Rift, the futuristic virtual reality headgear that Facebook recently acquired for an…
DARPA Plan X experiments on Oculus Rift as new weapon in cyberwar – Tech Times
Tech Times DARPA Plan X experiments on Oculus Rift as new weapon in cyberwarTech TimesDARPA, which had been at the forefront of the development of technologies such as the Internet, GPS and unmanned aircraft, has already been briefed with new…
United States to close HAARP military facility after final DARPA project – Belfast Telegraph
Belfast Telegraph United States to close HAARP military facility after final DARPA projectBelfast TelegraphThat will be conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), another favourite of conspiracy theorists. The site costs $5m a year to run, according to…
United States to close HAARP military facility after final DARPA project – Belfast Telegraph
Belfast Telegraph United States to close HAARP military facility after final DARPA projectBelfast TelegraphThat will be conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), another favourite of conspiracy theorists. The site costs $5m a year to run, according to…
DARPA develops ULTRA-Vis augmented reality HUD system for soldiers – Tech Times
Tech Times DARPA develops ULTRA-Vis augmented reality HUD system for soldiersTech TimesThe prototype was shown off at the DARPA Demo Day in the courtyard of the Pentagon. Unlike Google Glass, which projects images directly into the eye’s iris, potentially causing…
DARPA develops ULTRA-Vis augmented reality HUD system for soldiers – Tech Times
Tech Times DARPA develops ULTRA-Vis augmented reality HUD system for soldiersTech TimesThe prototype was shown off at the DARPA Demo Day in the courtyard of the Pentagon. Unlike Google Glass, which projects images directly into the eye’s iris, potentially causing…
CERN offers prizes to develop algorithms to study Higgs boson – Times of India
Times of India CERN offers prizes to develop algorithms to study Higgs bosonTimes of IndiaLONDON: Researchers at CERN, and several other organizations, are offering cash prizes to citizen scientists who can develop machine-learning techniques to improve analysis of Higgs boson…
CERN offers prizes to develop algorithms to study Higgs boson – Times of India
Times of India CERN offers prizes to develop algorithms to study Higgs bosonTimes of IndiaLONDON: Researchers at CERN, and several other organizations, are offering cash prizes to citizen scientists who can develop machine-learning techniques to improve analysis of Higgs boson…