back to article DARPA does a podcast

US military lunacy department DARPA has begun offering a podcast. This is cautious move from an agency more famous for being well ahead of the technology curve and creating killer laser beams, cyborg soldiers and telepathic control systems. Of course the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) also created much of …

  1. Robert Carnegie Silver badge

    Apparently,

    Next time, a little drone quadcopter will fly in through my window, pick up my iPhone, fly away again, then a while later bring it back with an updated audio file icon on the lock screen.

    How do they do it? I suppose if they told me then they'd have to... ask me to keep it a secret. Gulp.

  2. Robert Helpmann??
    Childcatcher

    Taking it to the Next Level

    On another level, we at DARPA just want to share the pleasure we all have every day — in the elevator, in the halls, in our meeting rooms...”

    Just what is it they do, again? Whatever it is, I want in!

    1. Rattus Rattus

      Re: Just what is it they do, again?

      Coke. They do mountains and mountains of coke.

  3. mt_head

    2006 wants its technology back, indeed!

    Dear DARPA: it's not a "podcast" if you can't subscribe to it. Otherwise it's just an MP3 file.

    I like Soundcloud and all, but...

    1. breakfast Silver badge

      Re: 2006 wants its technology back, indeed!

      One can actually run a podcast through Soundcloud - it's got a passable RSS feature hidden away in the background.

    2. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

      Re: 2006 wants its technology back, indeed!

      Stop whining. It could have been fax-on-demand.

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