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- How Should the U.S. Fund Research and Development? http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/us-research-and-development/477435/?single_page=true 21 comments
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $79 million in funding for bioenergy research and development including biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-79-million-bioenergy-research-and-development 30 comments politics
- How Should the U.S. Fund Research and Development? - "The United States leads the world in dollars invested in furthering innovation. It won’t for long." http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/us-research-and-development/477435/ 7 comments politics
- IamA lead researcher working on a U.S. Intelligence funded project developing a platform for crowdsourcing analysis to improve human reasoning, AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/8sh9ti/iama_lead_researcher_working_on_a_us_intelligence/ 5 comments geopolitics
- U.S. Navy funds development of robot surveillance system which can spy on humans in terrifying detail: "Research chiefs want to harness the power of machines to build a snooping network that's a 'single entity with many eyes'" https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3307230/u-s-navy-funds-development-of-robot-surveillance-system-which-can-spy-on-humans-in-terrifying-detail/ 5 comments privacy