Science Fiction-Science Fact: DARPA




For those of you unfamilliar with the acronym, it is Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency. In the grand tradition of The Men Who Stare at Goats, this place can come up with some interesting stuff, and by interesting I mean weird. If you thought Terminator was the future of robotics…think again. Chembot is a gelatinous robot (YES I AM FREAKIN SERIOUS, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES NOW!!!)

 

It is described by DARPA as a small blob that moves from place to place by a process called Jamming, which allows it to to grow or shrink and roll around (Scully, Mulder, for god’s sake, help us!). A “proof-of-concept prototype is rumored to be able to pass through cracks in a wall and join back together on the other side.

 

This is Dome sayin’: I’ll be hiding in the closet. I’m not here. Dome, who?

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