Self-Healing Minefield (thing) by Serveux - Everything2.com
Thu Feb 06 2003 at 2:16:12 As I was finishing this book, someone sent me a link to the DARPA website. (Darpa stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency . It’s part of the U.S. Department of Defense.) DARPA is working on a new project called the “Self-Healing Minefield.” I love that phrase. I assumed that it meant that after being deployed for a certain time, the minefield would “heal” itself by becoming inoperable. You know – so little kids don’t get accidentally blown up? It wasn’t until I watched the explanatory video on DARPA’s website that I realized – the ...