U.S. military building robotic ostrich for recon, search and rescue

While the long-necked flightless ostrich is a puzzling and often humorous creature, the Department of Defense’s thinks it’s the perfect design for a robotic “terror bird” that will help protect human soldiers in combat when it is completed, according to The Register.

Dubbed “FastRunner,” the prototype is being developed by two teams of scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) and MIT. The project statement from DARPA (the research and special … Continue Reading

IBM produces first working chips modeled on the human brain

IBM has been shipping computers for more than 65 years, and it is finally on the verge of creating a true electronic brain.

Big Blue is announcing today that it, along with four universities and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), have created the basic design of an experimental computer chip that emulates the way the brain processes information.

IBM’s so-called cognitive computing chips could one day simulate and emulate the brain’s ability to … Continue Reading

Why security vendors can’t keep up with malware authors — and what to do about it

There’s a reason why malware creators are outrunning the security vendors now. It’s a lot easier to attack computer networks than it is to protect them, according to a cyber security expert at the Pentagon.

Peiter Zatko, a famous hacker (known as Mudge) from the early L0pht group, is now program manager for cyber security at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. At his keynote speech at the Black Hat security conference, he painted … Continue Reading

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There’s a reason why malware creators are outrunning the security vendors now. It’s a lot easier to attack computer networks than it is to protect them, according to a cyber security expert at the Pentagon.

Peiter Zatko, a famous hacker (known as Mudge) from the early L0pht group, is now program manager for cyber security at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. At his keynote speech at the Black Hat security conference, he painted … Continue Reading