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DARPA Taps IBM to Help Create Self-Destructing Gizmos for the Battlefield

Posted February 06, 2014 9:40 AM

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When you look at DARPA's newest project, it almost feels like the agency's recent breakthroughs have left it a little drained, creatively. The government's research wing has announced that IBM is helping it create non-incendiary self-destructing...

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Re: DARPA Taps IBM to Help Create Self-Destructing Gizmos for the Battlefield

02/07/2014 6:12 PM

They just need to talk to the appliance industry. They figured out how to do that about 10 years ago. Many years ago, you could have bequeathed your stove and refrigerator to your kids. Now, you are lucky to get six years out them before they start to cr4p the bed.
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