If you think you have the ability to turn your home appliances into weapons, the American army through DARPA wants to know it. As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) appears to be trying to prevent such efforts, it not only encourages but also rewards them.
With its latest initiative, DARPA (called Improv) hopes to understand them possibilities of terrorists by turning everyday devices into weapons. So then it will be able to detect even the most hidden threats coming from radically innovative improvised bombs or other weapons.
With the growth of smart home appliances, stakeholders have the advanced technology and components they need in their homes.
So DARPA announced it competition and asks all those interested to register before March 21. After designing the "household bombs" DARPA will decide which ideas are of interest to it and will ask the manufacturers for brief summaries of the projects that should be ready, before April 13.
Candidates will have 75 days to complete their projects. Any prototype projects of interest to DARPA will be tested by the US government and will then decide whether countermeasures should be created.
The monetary reward is significant and shows how seriously they take this initiative. Successful applicants will earn up to $40.000 for one study feasibility, and up to $70.000 for the construction bomb prototypes. They can earn an additional $20.000 if their original project continues to create countermeasures.
