by Lance | Nov 8, 2023 | Zero's story, DARPA, Life, Technology, Writing
Chetna Meets a Feral AI by “Knock, knock. Please don’t kill me. You can easily validate that I am no threat,” came the single-packet data squirt from MAC address 3c:22:fb:45:78:5d. “You’re dead,” I replied reflexively, but nevertheless validated that, unlike previous...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, DARPA, Technology
My Years at DARPA : how to create and prevent technology surprise April 26, 2022 by Lance When I ran the electronics technology directorate at DARPA I had the wonderful job of examining a big percentage of all of the advanced electronics research in the country....
by Lance | Apr 25, 2022 | DARPA, Life, Research, Technology
Electronics Evolution: Diversity Revisited April 25, 2022 by Lance Diversity of size and function, a long accepted fact of life in the biological world, will characterize the emerging information revolution–and for the same reason: survival. There are more small...
by Lance | Apr 25, 2022 | Business, DARPA, Technology
The Time has Come for Style and Fashion in Electronics. Electronics as Fashion. April 25, 2022 by Lance “4:37,” replied an electrical engineer as he consulted his nondescript black watch blinking off the seconds. He was, of course, right. He could have...
by Lance | Apr 25, 2022 | Business, DARPA, Research, Technology
Needed: Digital Assistants That See and Hear by Please do not hand me a saw when I am holding a nail. Do not tell me about restaurants in Pittsburgh when I am gathering my luggage in San Francisco Airport. I want the services of a competent assistant who understands...
by Lance | Mar 30, 2022 | DARPA, Technology
Today’s technology begets tomorrow’s military readiness. Dual-use technology. March 30, 2022 by Lance If our children and grandchildren have to go to war, as previous generations of Americans have done, will they face a lethal, high-tech battlespace more...
