Program aims to develop systems that deliver the goods, then poof out of existence It sounds like an engineering fantasy, or maybe an episode from Mission Impossible: A flock of small, singl... Read more
Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling... Read more
Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly... Read more
Revolutionizing Prosthetics program achieves goal of restoring sensation A 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for more than a decade as a result of a spinal cord injury has become the first... Read more
Solid-state electronics began to overtake vacuum tubes in radios, computers and other electronic and radio frequency gadgetry more than 60 years ago. Now we live in a Silicon Age. Even so, v... Read more
A team of roboticists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology  claimed a $2 million prize on Saturday that was offered by a Pentagon research agency for developing a mobi... Read more
When you do a simple Web search on a topic, the results that pop up aren’t the whole story. The Internet contains a vast trove of information — sometimes called the “Deep W... Read more
Robotics Fast Track foresees cost-effective development of new capabilities by engaging cutting-edge groups and individuals who traditionally have not worked with the federal government The... Read more
A company with deep roots at UW-Madison wants to make blood sampling less painful and more convenient. Tasso Inc. is perfecting a device the size of a pingpong ball that extracts a small sam... Read more
Program aims to generate applications capable of adapting to change, without extensive reprogramming As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability,... Read more
Program explores ways to assemble complex ideas from elementary ones given language and context The lifelong human imperative to communicate is so strong that people talk not only to other p... Read more
Progress on several potentially breakthrough technologies could pave the way for much cheaper, faster and easier small-satellite launches Through its Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALA... Read more
DARPA aims to give small unmanned aerial vehicles advanced perception and autonomy to rapidly search buildings or other cluttered environments without teleoperation Military teams patrolling... Read more