Neowin News Feed for: Darpa

Scientists can finally make 'living' concrete that fixes its own cracks

Sayan Sen — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 17:16:01 +0000

Scientists say they have finally figured out how to make 'living' concretes that can self repair their own cracks. Read more...

Microsoft is teaming up with DARPA to provide help for its two year AI Cyber Challenge

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2024 19:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a partnership with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on its new AI Cyber Challenge. Microsoft will offer Azure AI resources for the contestants. Read more...

OpenAI is working with the Pentagon on a number of new projects including cybersecurity

Mehrotra A — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 05:48:01 +0000

OpenAI is working with the US government and the Department of Defense on cybersecurity tools. This comes after the company deleted language from its TOS barring it from working with the military. Read more...

Intel and DARPA partner to advance domestic ASIC chips

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:08:01 +0000

Intel and DARPA have started a new project that will help the U.S. develop cutting edge ASIC chips domestically. They also aim to make the chips safe to manufacture in zero-trust environments. Read more...

Intel and Microsoft to help DARPA encryption project

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:48:01 +0000

Microsoft and Intel will help DARPA develop technology that allows computations to be performed on encrypted data. It's too intensive to do this today but DARPA hopes to crack the problem. Read more...

DARPA wants to use nanobots to help soldiers heal faster

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:09:37 +0000

DARPA's new ElectRx project is looking to improve soldiers' ability to fight disease and heal injuries by using a person's own immune response controlled with some awesome nanotechnology. Read more...

Innocent looking power strip will hack your corporate network

Christopher White — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:56:12 +0000

Is it a power strip? Is it a hacking tool? Stop, you're both right! DARPA has funded a device that looks like an innocent surge protector but has advanced tools to scan and hack any network. Read more...

Department of Defense could be vulnerable to hackers

Paul Ferson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:35:38 +0000

According to several leading lights in cyber security, the United States Department of Defense could be quite poorly prepared for hacks and attacks from different parties. Read more...

Tiny spy computer funded by DARPA, called F-BOMB

Christopher White — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:43:52 +0000

A small company called Malice Afterthought, received a DARPA grant and came up with a tiny spy computer using off-the-shelf parts that cost only $50. Read more...

IBM creates human brain-like computer chips

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:38:45 +0000

IBM, which created the Jeopardy playing super computer Watson, is working on a computer chip designed to emulate how the human brain processes information. Read more...

DARPA creating National Cyber Range to fight cyber attacks

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:11:08 +0000

There have certainly been a ton of cyber attacks on various web sites and Internet servers in the last couple of months, most of which have exposed the personal info of millions of people all... Read more...

DARPA looking for gamers to test simulator

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:52:40 +0000

With the ever increasing risk of a submarine attack, the US government is working on a simulation software to help track enemy submarines during submarine warfare. They are looking for gamers to help test the... Read more...

Stanford Team Wins DARPA Competition

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:53:10 +0000

On Saturday, Stanford University's robot vehicle "Stanley" won the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Grand Challenge in the Mojave Desert, taking home a $2 million first prize. Entrants into the race had to navigate... Read more...

DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:36:01 +0000

The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons. The project's leader, Theo... Read more...