DARPA
US agency behind internet and GPS
Episodes
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#3746: The Ceiling Nobody Can Agree On: How Much Is Too Much for Defense?NATO's 2% target worked. But what happens when a country spends 5%, 8%, or even 30% of GDP on defense? -
#3689: Can You Navigate by the Stars When GPS Fails?If GPS goes down, can you find your position using just the night sky and your phone? Yes — here’s how. -
#3405: Sea Drones: The Silent Naval RevolutionHow the US Navy is deploying unmanned surface and subsurface vessels, from missile-armed boats to autonomous mini-subs. -
#3359: Can We Build a Bionic Gallbladder?Engineers have tried for decades to replace the gallbladder. Here's what they've built so far. -
#2416: Ghost Murmur: Heartbeat Detection or Disinformation?Did the CIA locate an airman by his heartbeat from 40 miles away? We examine the physics and the story. -
#1264: The Physics of Impact: How Hypersonic Missiles DieDiscover why hypersonic collisions turn metal into fluid and how the atmosphere sorts debris into a deadly rain of fire. -
#1107: Betting on the Brink: Polymarket and the Future of WarCan you profit from a missile strike? Explore how Polymarket turns global crises into high-stakes, real-time prediction markets. -
#1001: The Long Haulers of AIThink AI started with ChatGPT? Discover the "long haulers" in defense, medicine, and finance who have used machine learning for decades. -
#599: AI Hunted Soviet Subs Long Before It Wrote Your EmailsAI didn't start in 2022. Discover the 70-year history of the "invisible" systems that have been quietly running our world for decades.