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The Pentagon's brain [sound recording] : an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top-secret military research agency / by Jacobsen, Annie,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)479081;
Read by the author.The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51.No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to paint a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain," from its Cold War inception in 1958 to the present.This is the book on DARPA-a compelling narrative about this clandestine intersection of science and the American military and the often frightening results.Vendor-supplied metadata.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Military research;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The department of mad scientists : how DARPA is remaking our world, from the internet to artificial limbs / by Belfiore, Michael P.,1969-(CARDINAL)464044;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index.An arm and a leg -- A special projects agency -- The intergalactic computer network -- The robot will see you now -- Back seat drivers -- Crazy-ass things -- The final frontier -- Power to the people.Details the efforts of DARPA--the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency--a maverick and controversial agency whose futuristic work has had an amazing military and civilian application, from driverless cars to GPS to mind-controlled robotic limbs, in a book by the author of Rocketeers.Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space race, DARPA mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting thinking in a wide variety of fields -- from energy, robotics, and rockets, to people-less operating rooms, driverless cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just hours. DARPA gave birth to the Internet, GPS, and mind controlled robotic arms. Its geniuses define future technology for the military and the rest of us. Michael Belfiore was given unprecedented access to write this first ever general account of DARPA. He visited research sites across the country, watching scientists in action, and talking to the creative, fearlessly ambitious visionaries working for and with DARPA. --from publisher description
Subjects: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Science and state;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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The Pentagon's brain : an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top-secret military research agency / by Jacobsen, Annie,author.(CARDINAL)479081;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-536) and index.
Subjects: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Science and state;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 15
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The Department of Mad Scientists : DARPA, its influence, and why it matters to you / by Belfiore, Michael P.,1969-(CARDINAL)464044;
Includes index and bibliographical references.An arm and a leg -- A special projects agency -- The intergalactic computer network -- The robot will see you now -- Back seat drivers -- Crazy-ass things -- The final frontier -- Power to the people.
Subjects: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Science and state;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The fold / by Clines, Peter,1969-(CARDINAL)346832;
An old friend presents Mike Erikson with an irresistible mystery to solve -- far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device that shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step but evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn't quite what it seems--and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Photographic memory;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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The imagineers of war : the untold history of DARPA, the Pentagon agency that changed the world / by Weinberger, Sharon,author.(CARDINAL)341782;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-451) and index.An agency for unimagined weapons -- Scientia potentia est -- Mad men -- Mad scientists -- Society for the correction of Soviet excesses -- Welcome to the jungle -- Ordinary genius -- Extraordinary genius -- Up in flames -- A worldwide laboratory -- Blame it on the sorcerers -- Monkey business -- Bury it -- The bunny, the witch, and the war room -- Servants of war -- Invisible war -- Top secret flying machines -- Synthetic war -- Vanilla world -- Fantasy world -- Return of Voldemort -- Glorious failure, inglorious success.The Imagineers of War is a compelling and groundbreaking history in which science, technology, and politics collide.
Subjects: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Military research; Military art and science; Science and state; National security;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The Pentagon's brain : an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top secret military research agency / by Jacobsen, Annie,author.(CARDINAL)479081;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-536) and index.The Cold War. The evil thing ; War games and computing machines ; Vast weapons systems of the future ; Emergency plans ; Sixteen hundred seconds until doomsday ; Psychological operations -- The Vietnam War. Techniques and gadgets ; RAND and COIN ; Command and control ; Motivation and morale ; The Jasons enter Vietnam ; The electronic fence ; The end of Vietnam -- Operations other than war. Rise of the machines ; Star Wars and tank wars ; The Gulf War and operations other than war ; Biological weapons ; Transforming humans for war -- The War on Terror. Terror strikes ; Total information awareness ; IED war ; Combat zones that see ; Human terrain -- Future war. Drone wars ; Brain wars ; The Pentagon's brain.Since its inception in 1958, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has grown to become the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science research and development agency. Created by President Eisenhower to prevent another Sputnik, and to focus primarily on defensive programs against nuclear weapons, the agency--and its imagination and scope--has expanded enormously with each passing year. From Agent Orange in Vietnam to insect-sized drones in use today, from the earliest networked computers and the Internet to smart rockets and war zones under 24-hour video surveillance, DARPA is responsible for innovations that have changed the course of war, national security, and strategic planning at the highest levels. To uncover the secret history of DARPA in action, journalist Annie Jacobsen tracked down key players in DARPA's Smart Weapons Program, past and present; neuroscientists building an artificial brain, cell biologists working on limb regeneration, the Nobel laureate who invented the laser. From DARPA's earliest defensive advances to hundreds of ongoing programs, Jacobsen exposes both sides of the DARPA coin: the fantastic technological advances from which we all benefit, and the darker side drawn up in a race for military supremacy. Based on information from inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos, The Pentagon's Brain reads like science fiction but is absolutely true, a groundbreaking look behind the scenes at the clandestine intersection of science and the American military. --Adapted from book jacket.
Subjects: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Military art and science; Military research; National security; Science and state;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The great robot race [videorecording].
Explores the Pentagon's DARPA Grand Challenge, in which engineers compete to create autonomous robotic vehicles for a two million dollar prize.DVD, Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Robots.; United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary television programs.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The fold [sound recording] by Clines, Peter,1969-author.(CARDINAL)346832; Porter, Ray,1965-narrator.(CARDINAL)879340;
Performed by Ray Porter.The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve: far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to "fold" dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step. The invention promises to make mankind's dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe. Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn't quite what it seems--and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret. As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there's only one answer that makes sense. And if he's right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys ... everything.System requirements: CD/MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Photographic memory; Scientists; Small cities; Teleportation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The exterminators : an assassin bug thriller / by Fitzhugh, Bill.(CARDINAL)636946;
All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck with a big fiberglass bug on the roof. All he had to do was survive half a dozen assassination attempts, pull a $10 million con on a Bolivian drug lord, and then fall off the face of the earth with his family and his new best friend, Klaus. Six years later,they surface in Oregon where they continue Bob's work creating an all-natural means of pest control.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Assassins; Genetic engineering; Pests; Terrorism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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