003: WELCOME TO DARPA
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On this episode of PTERODACTYL, we interviewed Jared B. Adams, the Chief Communications Officer for DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. If there is any scientific frontier, then DARPA is there. DARPA is an Agency of the United States Department of Defence, meaning that their mandate is to come up with inventions and discoveries that will assist the military.
DARPA can be found at www.DARPA.mil
As always, PTERODACTYL can be found at www.CentralEV.org/podcast
This podcast is a program of the Central Washington University Electric Vehicle Club, a college campus chapter of the Electric Auto Association.
timestamps:
00:00 ~ "Lorne Michaels" drops by the studio to give us a piece of his mind.
02:36 ~ Announcements
04:53 ~ What is DARPA?
08:45 ~ Game - "DARPA, or You-Wish-You-Were-DARPA!"
17:26 ~ Attaching guilt, and the nature of invention
18:59 ~ A day in the life at DARPA
22:26 ~ DARPA and Electric Vehicles
24:50 ~ DARPA's relationship to other institutions
28:50 ~ DARPA and the private sector
30:04 ~ DARPA and outer space
31:55 ~ Is your life affected by DARPA?
32:57 ~ DARPA's coolest things
35:47 ~ The Baker Electric, and the early days of EV
38:58 ~ The Supply Chain Problem
41:20 ~ Career Path Avenues
43:53 ~ DARPA and undergraduate studies
46:35 ~ We Pitch some ideas to DARPA!
49:22 ~ Does DARPA retrofit current tech?
51:01 ~ Tools can be used for both good and bad
55:53 ~ How conspiracy theories are created
58:43 ~ The private vehicles of the military
1:00:23 ~ Carrington Events and EMP recovery
1:03:09 ~ What do DARPA employees drive?
1:07:00 ~ Guy's conversions
1:07:53 ~ The Wildcat Racing Team
1:13:21 ~ Epilogue
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