Posted 03.13.2012 at 12:14 pm
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Regina Dugan, Glamor Geek
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From the agency that created the Internet to the company that arguably controls it — there's some nice symmetry in the news that DARPA chief Regina Dugan is heading over to Google. She is leaving the defense agency to assume a senior executive position at the web giant, according to DARPA.
Google didn't specify what she'll be doing, but said she will be a "real asset." "Regina is a technical pioneer who brought the future of technology to the military during her time at DARPA," the company said in a statement.
Dugan has been somewhat of a polarizing figure at DARPA, where she has emphasized concepts like crowdsourcing of military technology and actual completion of projects, rather than just blue-sky research. She is also under investigation for contracts awarded to a company called RedX Defense, a bomb technology firm she co-founded and still partially owns. DoD officials said her departure is not related to that investigation.
Danger Room, which first reported her departure, summarizes some of the finer points of Dugan's DARPA tenure, including her somewhat incongruous statement that DARPA is a "place of doing," and her outreach to the hacker and crowdsourcing communities.
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And they have new sprinkles for Drunken Donuts.
So.......?
Oh, I know, POPSCI got to say DARPA many times in the above article.
Ok, goodnight.
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@Space "Gawker Founder Calls Blog Comments "A Joke."
"“The idea of capturing the intelligence of the readership — that’s a joke.”"
yeah pretty much
Remember Air America during the Vietnam war? For the same reasons and in the same way Google was set up by the combined US intelligence services. Why do you think Google harvests all that information on you no matter if you agree or not.
There is so many different things that could of motivated that odd ball picture. I do not count it as the individual.
I really like at least once to share a cup of coffee with Regina... just to listen of her day job, future ambitions and yes most important dreams.
FYI, I am happily married. Regina just seems like a fascinating person and I like to hear her personally speak.
I am done.
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Religion sees beyond the senses, i.e. faith.
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HACK ME BABY -- HACK ME BABY -- ALL NIGHT LONG !?!?!?
@ Robot; She told her Personal Assistant's Personal Assistant to find someone to tell you that she knew before you could start typing the next word after typing her name that you could never hope to earn enough disposable income to buy her coffee where she's used to eating. She said to tell you that she might be interested in dating your doctor, though.