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DARPA Wants Matrix-style Virtual World for Cybergeddon

The US military's famed scientific wingnut farm, DARPA*, has released full details of its planned "National Cyber Range" - a mighty network which could be configured to simulate the cyberspace battlefields of the future. This would allow America's... ...full story at digg

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07 May 08 visit DARPA wants Matrix style virtual world for cybergeddon  »  the register (uk) To feature human 'replicants', time-machine mode The US military's famed scientific wingnut farm, DARPA*, has released full details of its planned "National Cyber Range" - a mighty network which could be configured to simulate the cyberspace battlefields...
04 Dec 07 visit DARPA seeks network firing ranges for cyber weaponry  »  the register (uk) Keep out, war-warez test in progress DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Project Agency), the Pentagon battle-boffins who would rather bet on a long shot than eat their dinners, are looking for the computer-net equivalent of a firing range or exercise...
07 Jun 08 visit DARPA Cyber Range Project Doomed to Failure  »  slashdot carusoj writes "Former black-hat hacker Noah Schiffman details why DARPA's National Cyber Range project is bound to fail. The NCR is proposed as a simulation of the Internet, including replicating 'human behavior and frailties.' Schiffman argues that if...
15 Mar 08 visit DARPA Chief Outlines Array of Future Projects  »  slashdot coondoggie writes to tell us that DARPA announced a wide array of new projects in a report to the House Armed Services Committee that they will be funding in the near future. "everything from advanced network and communications implementations to powerful...
18 Jul 08 visit DARPA plans soldier-tagging system for US troops  »  the register (uk) Entirely for their own good, apparently DARPA, the Pentagon boffinry outfit which bestrides the tech world like some mighty, erratic robot colossus with a frikkin laser beam on its head, has made a new move. The plan is to electronically tag US combat...

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