DARPA looks to ‘optimize emotional regulation & cognitive flexibility’ in brain
DARPA's STRENGTHEN program is looking to modulate and optimize brain circuits that are responsible for regulating emotions and cognitive flexibility....
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A peek at the Pentagon’s irregular warfare, PSYOP tech in development
The Pentagon's Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) is developing tools for PSYOP missions and information warfare, including social media...
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Pentagon wants to see through concrete walls, deep underground chambers via DARPA Muons for Science & Security program
DARPA is putting together a research program that would allow the Pentagon to see through thick concrete walls and deep...
DARPA SNAP program to analyze bodily fluids to evaluate physical & cognitive readiness with portable device
DARPA is looking to develop a portable device that will analyze bodily fluids to measure whether someone is physically and...
DARPA ‘Cornerstone’ program looks to prevent behavioral & cognitive damage from head injuries
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to prevent behavioral and cognitive injuries from occurring within seconds of...
DARPA wants to model how ‘disinformation’ flows from fringe to mainstream platforms
DARPA is looking to automate its understanding of how information flows from fringe to mainstream platforms with a new AI...
Yuval Harari’s hackable humans warning at WEF is becoming reality: DARPA is researching preconscious brain signals to know what someone believes to be true or not
DARPA is launching a new research program that analyzes preconscious brain signals to determine if someone believes something is true...
DARPA preps 5-year MELT program to develop high energy lasers for directed energy applications, drone swarms
The Pentagon's research funding arm is prepping a five-year program to develop high energy laser sources for directed energy applications...
‘IoT devices are a growing source of data that can be collected to learn intent’: IARPA director
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is looking to IoT devices as a growing source of data collection for...
China is beating US in AI, quantum computing & hypersonics while Pentagon is ‘hamstrung by large bureaucracy’: US Defense Intelligence conference
China is beating the United States in AI, quantum computing, and hypersonics while the Pentagon is hamstrung by large bureaucracy...
DARPA looks to make microbial food from electricity, air & water to ease cargo logistics
Instead of having to transport large amounts of perishable food for military consumption and humanitarian relief, DARPA is looking to...
DARPA wants AI to moderate social media groups, mitigate ‘destructive ideas’ during humanitarian efforts
DARPA is launching a new research project called Civil Sanctuary to develop multilingual AI moderators to mitigate "destructive ideas" while...
Pentagon plans wargames to influence, deceive target audiences
The US military plans wargames designed to influence and deceive foreign target audiences while the US government wages its own...
US considers going after ransomware attackers like it used to hunt pirates at sea: Senate hearing
The United States government is considering going after ransomware attackers like it used to hunt pirates at sea, according to...
‘We need to build missiles the way we now build cars’: Eric Schmidt tells lawmakers
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells the Senate Armed Forces Committee that the Pentagon's long design cycles are killing American competitiveness...
Tackling coastal erosion & flooding with reef-mimicking structures for national ‘Reefense’
To cut down on coastal erosion, flooding, and storm damage, the Pentagon's research funding arm is looking to develop reef-mimicking...
Pentagon to work closely with intelligence community under new US National Space Policy
The White House launches the US National Space Policy, recognizing the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC)...
Air Force looks to fund Historically Black Colleges & Universities, develop ‘future pool of scientists & engineers’
The United States Air Force is reaching out to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions to develop...
DARPA to ‘exploit social media, messaging & blog data’ to track geopolitical influence campaigns
The power to monitor, track, and potentially quash online campaigns before they become popular is getting a whole lot easier....
Pentagon boosts hypersonics investments to counter long-range precision fires from China & Russia: Defense Sec
The Pentagon is increasing investments into hypersonic weapons to counter precision long-range fires and other a-symmetric capabilities coming from China...
