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19 May 2025 | 37
How to shave years off the journey from military lab to real-world use
You've heard of some of the world-altering technologies that have come out of the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, because you might not be reading this otherwise. GPS, the internet, robot vacuums, and even mRNA vaccines got their start one way or another in Pentagon-funded labs. Going …
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