DARPA
agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning DARPA
The Future of Intelligence: A Conversation with Jeff Hawkins (Episode #255)
Sam Harris
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a US government agency. Hawkins discussed with them the difficulty of funding large-scale theories.
Terry Laughlin Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An agency that designed a swim foil for Navy SEALs and estimated lap swimmers to be only 3% efficient.
Self-Driving Cars: State of the Art (2019)
Lex Fridman
Organized the 'Race to the Desert' in 2005 and the 'Urban Grand Challenge' in 2007, which significantly advanced the field of autonomous vehicles and robotics.
Sterling Anderson, Co-Founder, Aurora - MIT Self-Driving Cars
Lex Fridman
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which led a program on time maximal mobility manipulation where the Intelligent Co-Pilot system was applied to unmanned ground vehicles.
Beta-Alanine, Training Frequency, and Strength for Hypertrophy (Episode 59)
Stronger By Science
A funding body backed by the US armed services that provides grants for basic science research, hoping for military applications, famously funding the internet.
Is Moore's Law Finally Dead?
Sabine Hossenfelder
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency created the Minitherms3D grant program to support research on thermal management of 3D stacks.
Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339
Lex Fridman
A U.S. defense department agency with a significant budget for scientific research, used as a comparative benchmark to highlight the historically low R&D investment in energy in the United States.
Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body - From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart | Lex Fridman Podcast #297
Lex Fridman
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the U.S. military budget, that funds moonshot experiments pushing scientific frontiers.
MIT Sloan: Intro to Machine Learning (in 360/VR)
Lex Fridman
Mentioned in the context of a challenge where MIT robots had to perform tasks like getting into and out of a car, highlighting the difficulty of robotics.
Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224
Lex Fridman
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which provided funding for projects related to Numba and Bokeh at Anaconda.
Tracking Political Manipulation Through Social Media - Samantha Bradshaw
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a research agency working on technologies to detect manipulated photos and videos, offering optimism regarding the potential impact of deepfakes.
Privacy, Resilience, and Reinventing the Cellular Network | Cape CEO on a16z
a16z Deep Dives
Mentioned as an organization where Justin Finelli helped stand up new agencies, including one for healthcare.