Fifty years of DARPA: the ones to watch


	Fifty years of DARPA: the ones to watch

Mohir

5-16-2008 7:39 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b9fa8503-a5d0-4d91-ad6b-6aa123f6b6e8/906FC3D7-D82E-4BA7-9133-AEAA0E92D37A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html" href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html" style="font-size: 11px;">technology.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><H5>Ones to watch</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><P><B>Robot Cars</B>: <A href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19626305.700-roadbots-prepare-to-take-the-wheel.html" linkindex="24" set="yes">DARPA's Grand Challenge competitions</A> have aimed to foster the creation of driverless cars capable of travelling long distances across difficult terrain and even through busy traffic.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><P><B>Z-man</B>: The aim: to allow soldiers to scale vertical walls without ropes or ladders at a rate of 0.5 metres a second. The solution: mimic the microscopic hairs, or "setae", that allow geckos to stroll up walls and across ceilings. Small robots that climb using synthetic setae <A href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19025526.500-geckolike-robot-scampers-up-the-wall.html" linkindex="26" set="yes">have already been demonstrated</A>, but DARPA hopes to extend this technology to humans.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><B>Underwater Express</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><P><B>Bionic Limbs</B>: DARPA wants prosthetic limbs that are "fully functional, neurologically controlled and have normal sensory capabilities" and is funding scientists who are making serious progress.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><B>Switchblade</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13909-fifty-years-of-darpa-hits-misses-and-ones-to-watch-part-ii.html"><P><B>Exoskeletons</B>: Think of an exoskeleton as a mechanical full-body upgrade. DARPA wants to increase the distance soldiers can march and <A href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg18624945.800-bionic-suit-offers-wearers-superstrength.html" linkindex="31">the loads that they can carry with them</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/906FC3D7-D82E-4BA7-9133-AEAA0E92D37A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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