DARPA Wants to Hack Together Old Satellites into New Satellites—While In Space
Launching satellites is a risky proposition—costing as much as $10,000 a pound to make orbit and little recourse if a critical piece malfunctions. So, DARPA has devised a...
Darpa, the Pentagon's crazypants research arm, is taking shit to a whole new level: they're pumping money into developing synthetic organisms immune to death. Oh, except for the built-in genetic kill switch. Yikes.
Danger Room reports that Darpa is investing $6 million into the project, called...
Remember that DARPA balloon challenge, where the first team to find eight weather balloons wins $40,000? Well, the balloons are up in the air. If you don't have a team yet, here are some places to report a sighting.
What's cool is how most of the balloon hunting communities I've found are...