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Government Funds Self-Destructing Tech

Posted February 08, 2014 6:22 PM

From Geeks are Sexy Technology News:

Most military technology needs to be extremely robust to stand up to extreme temperatures, dust and the risk of impact. But the US military is now funding an IBM project to make electronic gadgets that can be utterly destroyed. IBM has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the closest thing the US has to Q in the Bond movies. The contract is part of the VAPR program, which thankfully has nothing to do with bogus promises of forthcoming software, but instead stands for Vanishing Programmable Resources.

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02/10/2014 11:01 AM

They should talk to the appliance industry. The appliance industry figured out how to make something last just long enough, then break down ensuring a steady stream of revenue.

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02/10/2014 12:14 PM

I've never really thought of a Chevy as an appliance, but okay.

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02/10/2014 10:22 PM

Cavalier must be an appliance then.

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