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The advancement of Sensors, Communications and Radars have given rise to Electronic Warfare, which encompasses, in all battle phases, military actions involving the use of EM energy to determine, exploit, reduce or prevent hostile use of EM spectrum and the actions, which retain friendly use of the EM spectrum. Understanding …
Read More »Healthcare data and Analytics
The healthcare sector is seeing immense growth worldwide, and the USA is no exception to the phenomena. Healthcare takes more than 10% of the GDP of most developed countries. In fact, for the USA, this figure will be close to 18% by the end of 2019. This isn’t surprising—the healthcare sector …
Read More »China controls internet to curb dissent , employs widespread surveillance for ‘anti-terror’ measures and for repression of people
With President Xi Jinping at the helm, the Chinese government doubled down on repression inside and outside the country in 2021, says world report 2022 on human rights. Its “zero-tolerance” policy towards Covid-19 strengthened the authorities’ hand, as they imposed harsh policies in the name of public health. Beijing’s …
Read More »Accurate modeling of metabolic processes for bioproduction, drug targeting, and bioremediation.
All living things require metabolism. Metabolism is the process by which the body changes food and drink into energy. During this process, calories in food and drinks mix with oxygen to make the energy the body needs. Even at rest, a body needs energy for all it does. Metabolism …
Read More »Satellite Command and data handling (C&DH) & On-board computer (OBC) technologies
Spacecraft are man-made machines that operate in space. An orbiting spacecraft is normally referred to as a satellite, although it is manmade as opposed to a natural satellite like our moon. A spacecraft is typically subdivided into two major parts, the payload and the bus. The bus provides the structural body …
Read More »DARPA devloping tool to assess Risks of Crypto to National Security
Blockchain, bitcoin, crypto assets, and virtual currencies have become a whole new vocabulary describing innovative technology to swiftly transfer value around the world. Blockchain originated just over 10 years ago. Since then, virtual assets have become widely available and have started to be used as payment products. Virtual assets have …
Read More »DARPA EOLE developing AI agents for human-machine collaborative analysis of image, video, and multimedia documents
In Defense & Intelligence, milliseconds can mean everything. Real-time military analytics is the tactical edge for mission success. This is why information dominance for military operational readiness is so critical, and why the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence communities collect and analyze so much military big data–everything from logistics, …
Read More »Reconfigurable Multi-GPU Systems enabled by Silicon Photonics
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized, electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating computer graphics and image processing. GPUs were traditionally tasked …
Read More »Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) automates and manages clinical research studies
Clinical research is medical research involving people. Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. Clinical research …
Read More »DARPA EVADE to improve the cybersecurity of Military IoT/embedded devices
By 2025, it is predicted that there can be as many as 100 billion connected IoT devices or network of everyday objects as well as sensors that will be infused with intelligence and computing capability. These devices shall comprise of personal devices such as smart watches, digital glasses and fitness …
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