Automating vital (but boring) back-office operations
NASA Shared Services Center has automated the creation of personnel cases in its human resources system for new hires and position transfers.
Teaching drones to organize themselves
Teams from the Army, Navy and Air Force are testing software that will eventually enable drones to autonomously coordinate attacks and respond to challenges by opposing swarms of enemy aircraft.
Real-time protection against malicious mobile traffic
APE was designed to monitor network traffic on smartphones and block any activity that isn’t playing by the rules, whether it comes from malware, viruses or a hacker.
Flying cell towers could power communications in disaster areas
The quickly deployable communications network could deliver cell service to first responders and disaster victims.
Goosing flash for more efficient data centers
MIT researchers have solved flash memory's speed problem, making it possible to reduce power consumption of data center caches by 90 percent.
Teaching drones to dogfight
Teams from Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School tested the dogfighting skills of their swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Using crowds to teach AI to search smarter
A team at the University of Texas at Austin using crowdsourced input to train its machine-learning algorithms to create a more intelligent search engine.
Functional fabrics for emergency response
Materials integrated with sensors and internet connectivity can solve issues facing soldiers in combat or training, first responders and victims and workers in refugee camps.
Using AI to monitor borders and deploy responders
Researchers are building a system that monitors cameras from Border Patrol ground and air vehicles and determines the most effective response to incursions.
Building a secure OS from the ground up
Designed by researchers as a software-defined hypervisor, S2OS will be protected from application hacks and centrally manage networking, storage and computing resources.
Using neural nets to snag malware before it strikes
NFrame, a hardware-based artificial neural network monitors the details of program activity at the machine level, learning how programs should execute.
Internet fast lane for first responders
A new routing protocol may allow first responders and emergency managers to send data-intensive communications over the internet regardless of the amount of other traffic eating up the available bandwidth.
Shining light on the darknet
DarkSum crawls the darknet, indexing its content and making it viewable.
Smart infrastructure for roadside-to-vehicle communication
SinWaves’ wireless system transmits road-related information to alert approaching drivers and autonomous vehicles to upcoming events.
Gigapixel image analysis on the fly
The ViSUS data-streaming application can progressively process and display ultra-large image files in real time on consumer hardware.
Building machine parts for intelligence analysts
IARPA is developing technologies that will enhance analysts’ decision-making capabilities.
Deep-learning tools surpass humans in analyzing images
Researchers are using big data analysis on images and videos for a variety of purposes, from managing traffic and detecting autism in children to providing warning of imminent landslides.
SatPaq to the rescue with satellite texting
Embedded in a smartphone case, the device uses microwaves to send text messages via geostationary satellites.
Predicting suicide attacks by analyzing similarities
By analyzing features and patterns in recent attacks, researchers may be able to predict not only the characteristics of future attacks, but timing and location as well.
Cool, cable-free data centers via laser data transmission
Researchers have demonstrated that infrared lasers can be used to send high-speed, low-error data streams from equipment mounted on top of server racks.
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