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(DARPA photo)</p> </div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>1. Super-fast fiber for next-gen sensors</b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Fiber-optic communication is fast, but the glass fiber is actually a limiter of data-transmission speeds. In July, officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced that they have radically improved the design of "hollow-core" fiber to boost performance and have developed design and production capacity for that fiber here in the United States. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>2. Atlas, the robotic pupil</b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">DARPA's Virtual Robotics Challenge entered a new phase in July, when Atlas — a 6-foot-2-inch, 330-pound robot developed by Boston Dynamics — was introduced to seven teams tasked with training it for disaster-response scenarios. The end goal? "Supervised autonomy" so that Atlas and its successors can step into situations too dangerous for humans. (Click the YouTube video embedded below to see Atlas in action.)</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>3. Giving 'iron man' a whole new meaning</b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">U.S. warfighters are a strong bunch, but the Warrior Web project uses high-tech exoskeletons to boost their endurance and carrying capacity. The undersuits, now in development, protect joints and reduce fatigue while remaining "comfortable, durable and washable" — all without drawing more than 100 watts of power. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>4. Getting past the password</b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">We don't need DARPA to know that passwords — often poorly chosen and written down on Post-it notes — are the weak link of cybersecurity. But the agency's Active Authentication program has expanded from its initial focus on desktop security to tackle mobile devices as well. And forget fingerprints — the research here is on "behavioral biometrics focused on the user's cognitive processes."</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>5. LADAR: Like radar, but with lasers</b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Laser detection and ranging, or LADAR, is essentially high-definition radar that provides remarkably detailed 3-D mapping. The technology is not new, but in the past, the equipment has been too bulky and slow to be practical. Now, however, DARPA researchers have gotten the required 2-D optical phased array onto a chip the size of the head of a pin. In addition to paving the way for LADAR innovation, DARPA officials say, the new chip might "have applications for biomedical imaging, 3-D holographic displays and ultra-high-data-rate communications."</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b>6. 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