DARPA is looking for partners to develop a radar detection system that can lock onto moving targets even through clouds and dust, according to a contracting document. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
NASA Dryden Project Highlights – Video
This video was just posted showing a quick overview of some of the projects being worked on at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Continue reading
DARPA/Boston Dynamics Robots Climb Stairs, Walk Treadmill and Do Pushups
This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups. Continue reading
Wright State Consortium Gets $3.5M Loan to Build UAS Operator Research Centre
A consortium of the Wright State Research Institute and area companies will create 50 full-time jobs with an average wage of about $90,000 a year to work with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to study human performance. Continue reading
Electric Shocks to Brain Accelerate RPA Pilot Learning Process
Scientists at the Mind Research Network (MRN) in Albuquerque, NM have demonstrated that Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) enhances learning when applied to the inferior frontal and temporal cortices. Continue reading
NASA Tests Supersonic Aircraft Without Boom
Photo: Boeing
NASA is claiming a breakthrough in quiet supersonic aircraft, with successful wind tunnel tests of designs that combine low sonic boom and low cruise drag – characteristics once thought to be mutually exclusive. Continue reading
Harvard Micro Robotic Bees Assembled by Origami
Harvard University Microrobotics Laboratory engineers have come up with a novel new approach to fabricating their micro robotic bees. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Develop Atom-Based Magnetic Sensor for US Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to develop a new cost-effective atom-based magnetic sensor, or magnetometer, for antisubmarine warfare operations. Continue reading