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From: <hal@finney.org>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Pentagon looking for a few good ideas
: A few weeks ago our list was full of bright ideas for applying technology
: to the challenges we face. Some of them, like irradiating the mail, are
: independently being put into effect. Now here is your chance to get an
: official hearing for your other good ideas.
:
:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011025/pl/attack_pentagon_ideas_dc_1.html:
:
: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon (news - web sites) cast a wide net
: on Thursday for bright ideas on thwarting terrorism, seeking to pick
: the brains of just about everyone from tinkerers in their garages to
: big corporations worldwide.
:
: The Defense Department said it was seeking help in ''defeating
: difficult targets, conducting protracted operations in remote areas
: and developing countermeasures to weapons of mass destruction.''
: ...
: ``We're open to ideas from just about everybody,'' added Glenn Flood,
: a Pentagon spokesman. More information on the process has been posted
: at http://www.bids.tswg.gov.
:
: Jacques Gansler, who served as the Pentagon's acquisition chief
: under former President Bill Clinton, said similar approaches had
: worked well for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the
: Pentagon's chief research and development arm.
:
: ``The beauty of it is you can get a broad range of people thinking
: out of the box,'' he said. ``Often you'll get ideas from inventors''
: as well as from big defense contractors.
:
: Thinking outside the box is definitely one thing people around here are
: good at (a little too far outside the box sometimes, perhaps). If you
: follow the links from that article you get to the Pentagon solicitation,
: which outlines the following specific problems where they are looking
: for suggestions:
:
: R-100 COMBATING TERRORISM
: R-101 Automated Speaker Recognition System
: R-102 Computer and Information Operations
: R-103 Tagging, Tracking, Locating and Remote Sensors
: R-104 Locating Faces in Video Images
: R-105 Identifying Faces in Video Images
: R-106 Video Human Tracking
: R-107 Voice Print Identificat
: R-108 Terrorist Behavior and Actions Predictions Technology
: R-109 Information Integration Center
: R-110 Physical Security
: R-111 Ports of Entry Passenger Screening Aid
: R-120 Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
: R-200 LOCATION AND DEFEAT OF HARD OR DIFFICULT TARGETS
: R-201 Detection and Mapping of Underground Facilities
: R-210 Tactical Operations Support
: R-300 PROTRACTED OPERATIONS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS
: R-301 Early Warning Devices
: R-310 Direct Action
: R-311 Specialty Munitions
: R-312 Advanced Tactical Imaging Systems
: R-313 Advanced Breaching Tools
: R-314 Through-Wall Imaging
: R-400 COUNTERMEASURES TO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
: R-401 Identifying Terrorists Involved with Weapons of Mass Destruction
: R-402 Entry Point Screening for Improvised Explosive Devices, Chemical
and Radiological Weapons
: R-410 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures
: R-411 Pre-release Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents
: R-412 Air Sampler and Aerosol Collector
: R-413 WMD Release Source Prediction
: R-414 Expedient Chemical and Biological Agent Battlefield Neutralization
: R-415 Field Confirmatory Biological Analysis
: R-416 WMD Material Assessment
: R-420 Explosives Detection
: R-421 Standoff Detection
: R-422 Handheld Detectors
: R-423 Walkthrough Portals for Personnel Screening
: R-430 Improvised Device Defeat
: R-431 Standoff Large Vehicle Bomb (LVB) Diagnostics
: R-432 Large Vehicle Bomb Neutralization
: R-433 Large Vehicle Bomb (LVB) Containment and Mitigation
: R-434 Precision Disruption Tools
:
: They are looking for one-page descriptions by December 23. Here is a
: chance to get a hearing for your ideas.
:
: Hal
:
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