The 9 weirdest projects DARPA is working on

longknife · Apr 12, 2015

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Some amazing technology, not only for military but civilian use @ http://www.businessinsider.com/the-9-weirdest-projects-darpa-is-working-on-2015-4

APACHERAT · Apr 12, 2015

longknife said: ↑

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Some amazing technology, not only for military but civilian use @ http://www.businessinsider.com/the-9-weirdest-projects-darpa-is-working-on-2015-4
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DARPA is also working on developing a gender friendly combat field porta potty in anticipation of women serving in combat infantry units. Will it be towed from behind an HUMVEE, or an all terrain wheeled vehicle porta potty or a tracked vehicle porta potty ?

Your tax dollars at work in the name of social engineering.

longknife · Apr 13, 2015

The Wild Government Projects You’re Funding With Your Taxes

There's three of the above that just skim the surface of government spending on such projects, Any more that you know of?

Read the story @ http://www.wired.com/2015/04/wild-government-projects-youre-funding-taxes/

APACHERAT · Apr 16, 2015

longknife said: ↑

The Wild Government Projects Youre Funding With Your Taxes

There's three of the above that just skim the surface of government spending on such projects, Any more that you know of?
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U.S. Navy Scraps Urinals For All New Ships

Is this DARPA at work or just more liberal social engineering of the U.S. military ?

Today's Obama's PC Navy isn't your fathers fighting Navy.

State of the art: The Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers, illustrated, is scraping urinals because of the increasing number of female sailors

U.S. Navy Scraps Urinals To Make War Ships Gender-Neutral --

The U.S. Navy is scrapping urinals from new war ships because increasing numbers of female sailors are enlisting.

The change will be heralded by the Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers, the first of which is due in late 2015.

Getting rid of urinals lets the Navy easily switch restrooms - or heads as they're called on the high seas - from male to female or vice versa, helping ships to adapt to the changing gender make up of crews.

More News On The US Navy Scrapping Urinals On it's New Warships

The Revolt Against Gender-Neutral Aircraft Carriers -- The Atlantic
Gender-neutral Ford layout nixes urinals -- Navy Times
Navy's new gender-neutral carriers won't have urinals -- CNN
A Lot of Dudes Are Freaking Out About the Navy Getting Rid of Urinals on Gender Neutral Carriers -- Jezebel

My Comment: This is nuts. Guys do not sit down to pee. I guess the final outcome will be having toilet seats that will need to be wiped down before being used (that is if you have to sit). So much for the hygiene excuse.
http://news-and-encyclopedia-update...us-navy-scraps-urinals-for-all-new-ships.html
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waltky · Apr 27, 2016

Fighting fire with fire...

Bomb-makers, Hackers Wanted: US Seeks Public Help to Prevent Attacks
Apr 26, 2016 | The U.S. government is recruiting hackers and bomb-(*)makers to help strengthen American defenses in hopes of defusing possible terrorist attacks.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, announced in March that its Improv program was soliciting research proposals with an emphasis on creativity for prototypes and systems that could "threaten current military operations, equipment or personnel" made from commercially available technology such as cellphones. Meanwhile, the Defense Department announced a pilot program, Hack the Pentagon, that is designed to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities within DOD websites. "The goal of the program is to cast a wide net for ideas," DARPA program manager John Main said of Improv. "We have experts who tell us some things that are possible, but the truth is that there is a huge variety of technology available to almost anyone, so a panel of experts can only tell us part of the story. "Since essentially anyone can obtain this technology, it makes sense to understand what they might do with it. We are trying to engage many, many people and get their ideas so we can understand the full scope of what is possible with commercial technology."

A threat can be anything from an improvised explosive device to an aerial drone with a payload delivery system to a water-borne device. However, the less obvious the instrument, the better. Contributors are encouraged to use parts and systems from the transportation, construction, maritime and communications sectors. Improv took shape during the past few years, Main said, when officials began to notice the increased availability of "powerful, commercial, off-the-shelf technology" such as cellphones, Raspberry Pi board computers and Arduino microcontrollers. The government began investigating how adversaries might use these technologies to harm the United States. "DARPA's mission is to prevent technological surprise, so we are constantly evaluating how surprises might happen," Main said. "[We are working] to understand the full scope of what is possible using off-the-shelf technology so we can make informed decisions about both offensive and defensive capabilities."

Participants may reconfigure, repurpose, program, reprogram, modify, combine or recombine commercially available technology in any way; however, they must adhere to local, state and federal laws and regulations, DARPA said. Officials hope to end up with a broad selection of technical specialists, researchers, developers and skilled hobbyists spanning diverse backgrounds, professions and experience levels. Abstracts for the project were due April 13 with full proposals due May 25, the agency said. Later, there will be feasibility studies and prototype construction and evaluation. DARPA hopes to award funding to multiple projects and to have the program completed by year's end. "What happens after that depends upon what we find," Main said.

Hacking the Pentagon
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