The PPB program aims to address PPE limitations.
May 7th, 2021
DARPA
Chemical and biological (CB) threats have become increasingly ubiquitous and diverse, presenting significant risks to warfighters in theater and stability operators during pandemic outbreaks. State-of-the-art personal protective equipment (PPE) can be bulky, heavy, and cumbersome, often severely limiting user mobility and performance. The Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program aims to develop technology that reduces the need for burdensome protective equipment while increasing individual protection against CB threats.
DARPA recently awarded contracts to the following performers, FLIR Systems, Leidos, and Charles River Analytics, to develop lightweight materials and adaptable, tissue-protective countermeasures to provide on-demand, broad spectrum, and rapid long-term protection. Performers will seek to leverage molecular technologies and commensal organisms to unburden protective equipment demands from t
Published 30 April 2021
Chemical and biological (CB) threats have become increasingly ubiquitous and diverse, presenting significant risks to soldiers in theater and stability operators during pandemic outbreaks. PPE can be bulky, heavy, and cumbersome, often severely limiting user mobility and performance. A DARPA program aims to develop technology that reduces the need for burdensome protective equipment while increasing individual protection against CB threats.
Chemical and biological (CB) threats have become increasingly ubiquitous and diverse, presenting significant risks to soldiers in theater and stability operators during pandemic outbreaks. State-of-the-art personal protective equipment (PPE) can be bulky, heavy, and cumbersome, often severely limiting user mobility and performance. The Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program aims to develop technology that reduces the need for burdensome protective equipment while increasing individual protection against CB thre
Remembering Milton Glaser: an esteemed panel honours the graphic design legend in online event
Featuring his Push Pin Studio co-founders Seymour Chwast and Reynold Ruffins, as well as Steven Heller and Ellen Lupton, the event hosted by The Cooper Union will discuss his life and legacy.
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A free online event hosted by The Cooper Union gathers an esteemed panel of designers to discuss the life and legacy of Milton Glaser, eight months after his death. Taking place this Wednesday 24 February, Remembering Milton Glaser will feature Walter Bernard, Gail Anderson, Steven Heller, Ellen Lupton, Stephen Doyle, Steve Hindy, Mirko Ilić, Jonathan Key and Zipeng Zhu, not to mention Glaser’s co-founders in Push Pin Studios, Seymour Chwast and Reynold Ruffins. Each has a personal and professional link to Glaser, and, in turn, remarkable stories to share about him and his work.
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The evening of 15th December marked the end of our first ever Hybrid Congress. In collaboration with the African Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (AFOG) and the Rwanda Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RSOG), we held our FIGO Africa Regional Kigali Congress, Virtual Event with a Hub in Kigali, for those who live locally to attend, with registrants able to participate virtually from anywhere in the world.
Over two and a half days from 13th to 15th December, the Congress brought together more than 1,100 health professionals and specialists in the fields of gynaecology, obstetrics and women’s health from 74 countries.