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• Startup Cyber adAPT takes on threat detection

  Cyber adAPT, a startup springing from DARPA funded research, is shipping its first products that detect network compromises and gather data that can be used ...

• WPI's team gears up for final battle of the bots

  In about a month, the robotics team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will have to put their robot up against 24 other teams from around the ...

• Goodbye GPS? DARPA preparing alternative position-tracking technology

  DARPA considers GPS unreliable, as it isn't always available and signals can be easily jammed

• Meet Sirius, the open-source Siri clone that runs on Ubuntu

  Sirius includes speech recognition, image recognition, and text recognition components

• Military-funded robots can learn by watching YouTube

  So far, the robots are only teaching themselves to cook

• Upgraded Atlas robot still no disaster superman

  The unplugged version of the experimental humanoid can work for one hour of 'mixed mission' operation

Features about Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

• Driverless cars yield to reality: It's a long road ahead

  Several automotive and tech groups are researching the technology, but a fully self-driving car could be far off