The Department of Mad Scientists

How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs

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America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space program, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting ideas in varied fields—from energy, robotics, and rockets to doctorless operating rooms, driverless cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just a few hours. Michael Belfiore was given unpre-cedented access to write this first-ever popular account of DARPA. The Department of Mad Scientists contains material that has barely been reported in the general media—in fact, only 2 percent of Americans know much of anything about the agency. But as this fascinating read demonstrates, DARPA isn't so much frightening as it is inspiring—it is our future.
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Schrijver
Belfiore, Michael
Titel
The Department of Mad Scientists
Uitgever
HarperCollins
Jaar
2010
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
320
Gewicht
284 gr
EAN
9780062000651
Afmetingen
197 x 133 x 22 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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