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UAS & Robotics

• By Kevin McCaney
• Dec 02, 2015

CERDEC used two Modular Detection and Response System robots in the tests.

The move to fully autonomous ground vehicles might still be a ways off, but Army researchers took a step in that direction recently, demonstrating how two robot…

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/12/meet-military-funded-ai-learns-fast-human/124382/?oref=d-mostread

http://theweek.com/articles/569837/americas-new-megabomb-absolute-terror--but-iran-may-have-last-laugh?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_639290

It's a weapon that justifies the use of the word "awesome" to describe its power. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator — or MOP — weighs in at 30,000 pounds, is almost 20 feet long and is designed to burrow through 200 feet of earth and 60 feet…

http://futurism.com/links/19279/

Super Soldiers: 3D Bioprinting and the Future Fighter

How can the military best give soldiers an advantage on the future battlefield? This is the question that drives human performance enhancement (HPE) researchers to discover ways to make soldiers faster and stronger, with increased endurance and awareness. The goal of this paper is to briefly discuss the value of HPE, the current capabilities of 3d bioprinting technology…

DARPA's latest project? A brain implant capable of restoring lost memories

File photo - A laboratory assistant holds one hemisphere of a healthy brain in the Morphological unit of psychopathology in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg near…

Deep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down — like a radio dial or thermostat — to correct dysfunction. Andres Lozano offers a dramatic look at emerging techniques, in which a woman with Parkinson's instantly stops shaking and brain areas eroded by Alzheimer's are brought back to life. (Filmed at TEDxCaltech…

Facebook's laser drones v Google's net-beaming balloons

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34780127

China nearly triples number of supercomputers, report says

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34840805

Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Supercomputers are used to perform complex simulations or applications to help scientific research in a wide range of industries

China has almost tripled its number of supercomputers, according…

Breaking Defense – 09 Nov 15

Centaur Army: Bob Work, Robotics, & the Third Offset Strategy

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

http://breakingdefense.com/2015/11/centaur-army-bob-work-robotics-the-third-offset-strategy/

We’ve talked a lot in these pages about drones and robots, networks and swarms. But there’s new way of looking at these weapons that Bob Work made clear is at the heart of the Defense Department’s high…

Jane's Defence Weekly – 10 Nov 15

US Army Considers Developing Cognitive Training Programmes

By Daniel Wasserbly

Key Points

•             US Army planners are exploring psychological fitness programmes as technological advantages wane

•             An army event identified the importance of human performance, of cognitive performance specifically, and of more diverse recruits

The US Army may seek to develop and implement…

http://www.army.mil/article/158429

November 10, 2015

By David Vergun

Cognitive dominance is critical to winning in a complex world, experts say.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 10, 2015) -- "Human performance will be as important, if not more important, than technology in 2030," predicted a high-level Army intelligence expert.

The…

http://arstechnica.com/unite/2015/10/the-future-is-the-internet-of-things-deal-with-it/

Even before there was a World Wide Web, there was an Internet of Things.

In 1991, a couple of researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Lab set out to solve the problem of making…

Summary of key points, provided by

Diane DiEuliis, PhD.

(US Department of Health and Human Services)

National Defense University

Pam Melroy, an aerospace engineer, former astronaut and current deputy director of DARPA’s Tactical Technologies Office, foresees technologies that would enable machines to collaborate with humans as partners on tasks far more complex than those we can tackle today.

www.youtube.com/watch

Leveraging the Internet of Things for a More Efficient and Effective Military

http://csis.org/publication/leveraging-internet-things-more-efficient-and-effective-military 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/06/autonomous-weapons-un-delay-robot-wars

UN delay could open door to robot wars, say experts

The United Nations has been warned that its protracted negotiations over the future of lethal autonomous weapons – or “killer robots” – are moving too slowly to stop robot wars becoming a reality.

Lobbying for a pre-emptive ban on the weapons is intensifying…

Mad Scientist Speaker Series: Human Dimension 2040

Please join the TRADOC G2 for an online discussion of the Human Dimension in 2025 and Beyond with Ms. Theresa Campobasso, 01 October at 11:00 EST.

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Ms. Theresa Campobasso is a graduate student in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program with a strong interest…

Please join the TRADOC G2 for an online discussion of the Human Dimension in 2025 and Beyond with Dr. John Hoven, 15 October at 11:00 EST. Dr. Hoven will present for about 30 minutes, followed by a Q&A.

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Dr. John Hoven is an innovation broker between those who do qualitative analysis and those who need its capabilities…

DARPA is soliciting responses for a Request for Information (RFI) related to our Human Dimension 2025 and Beyond theme. Please see details below and attachment.

RFI: New Capabilities for Experimental Falsifiability in Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

"The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is requesting information on and suggestions for research to develop novel…

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory technique that delivers low-intensity, direct current to cortical areas facilitating or inhibiting spontaneous neuronal activity. In the past ten years, tDCS physiological mechanisms of action have been intensively investigated giving support for the investigation of its applications in clinical neuropsychiatry and rehabilitation. However, new methodological…

Please join the TRADOC G2 for an online discussion of the Human Dimension in 2025 and Beyond with Dr. Bruce West, 08 September at 11:00 EST. Dr. West will present for 30-45 minutes, followed by a Q&A.

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Bruce J. West is the Senior Scientist in Mathematics (ST) of the U.S. Army Research Office, Information Science…

Please join the TRADOC G2 for an online discussion of the Human Dimension in 2025 and Beyond with Andrew Herr, August 27th at 11:00 EST.  Mr. Herr will present for 30-45 minutes, followed by a Q&A.

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Mr. Herr is the CEO of Mind Plus Matter, a human performance consulting firm, and Helicase, a technology consulting firm…