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Pentagon Pushes Crowdsourced Manufacturing - NYTimes.com
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The crowdsourcing effort will rely on a software initiative, called Vehicleforge.mil, which will be a Web portal for gathering, sharing and testing ideas.

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Earlier in the week, researchers from the company, M.I.T. and the Pentagon agency, Darpa, discussed the project and its potential significance for the military and beyond.

The near-term target, they said, is to collaborate on a design for an amphibious vehicle for the Marines.

Crowdsourced software design, of course, is old hat. That is the open-source model that gave us the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server years ago.

But what is different about the Vehicleforge.mil project is that it is essentially a software “engine” that contributors use to plug in simulated components. Then, the new part or subsystem can be tested, virtually.

beaucoup de #darpa en ce moment, on dirait du #google
Des hackers séduits par le Pentagone ►http://owni.fr/2012/04/06/les-liaisons-ambigues-des-hackers-avec-larmee
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Les liaisons ambiguës des hackers avec l’armée | Sabine Blanc
►http://owni.fr/2012/04/06/les-liaisons-ambigues-des-hackers-avec-larmee

La prestigieuse et controversée agence de recherche et développement du Pentagone donne des subventions à des projets issus de la communauté des hackers, ces adeptes de la bidouille créative. Mitch Altman, figure respectée du milieu, vient d’annoncer publiquement son désaccord. Un petit pavé dans la mare qui oblige la communauté à se positionner, entre considérations morales, financières et patriotiques.