'Mission Impossible' Self-Destructing Devices Sought by DARPA

US Military Wants 'Mission Impossible' Self-Destructing Devices

Jeremy Hsu, TechNewsDaily Senior Writer

Date: 28 January 2013 Time: 02:05 PM ET

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An Army Evaluation Task Force Soldier at Fort Bliss conducts training with an unattended ground sensor. Future sensors could be smaller and vanish upon command. CREDIT: U.S. Army View full size image

Self-destructing tapes from the "Mission Impossible" TV series and films served fictional spies well during the Cold War. Today, the U.S. military wants a modern version of vanishing electronics that are able to disappear upon command in the environment or a human body.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for such spy craft technology at a time when swarms of electronic sensors and communication devices already help U.S. troops hunt enemies, keep track of friendly forces and monitor threats from nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. Futuristic electronics able to self-destruct upon command would help prevent devices from falling into enemy hands and littering the environment.

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