Friday, April 8, 2011

DARPA Is Relying On Gamers To Build The Next Generation Of Military Software


Robo-Warship Sub Hunter: Free DARPA Crowdsauce Game -- The Register

Crewless Mary Celeste ghost-frigate sonar thrills.

No doubt regular readers will recall the US military's cunning plan to develop unmanned submarine-hunting robotic frigates - warships which would prowl the oceans like automated Mary Celestes, remorselessly tracking enemy submarines regardless of how their pale, sweaty, malodorous captains* might twist and turn.

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More News On DARPA's Sub Hunting Game

DARPA Video Game Lets You Teach Military Software How to Hunt Submarines -- Popular Science
How gamers are helping build the next generation of anti-submarine drones -- Smart Planet
DARPA makes a sub hunting game that you can download and play -- Dvice
DARPA goes Last Starfighter with latest project -- Atomic
DARPA asks gamers to test submarine-tracking simulator -- Tech Spot

My Comment: Sighhhh .... I so wish I had the time to play this.

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