Monday, December 28, 2009

Out Of The Blue, DARPA Seeks Means To Manipulate Lightning

Lightning Mother Nature has it. DARPA wants it.

From Popular Science:

China and Russia try to control rain clouds and the Dutch use technology to keep low-lying inland areas from flooding, so why shouldn’t the United States be able to manipulate lightning? In an attempt to better understand one of nature’s most powerful processes, DARPA issued a broad agency announcement yesterday asking for ideas on how to best protect American personnel and resources from dangers and costs associated with lightning strikes. To wit:

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