{"id":11885,"date":"2018-02-28T00:22:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/28\/from-dolphins-to-plankton-darpa-program-turns-creatures-into-sensors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:29","slug":"from-dolphins-to-plankton-darpa-program-turns-creatures-into-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2018\/02\/28\/from-dolphins-to-plankton-darpa-program-turns-creatures-into-sensors\/","title":{"rendered":"From shellfish to plankton, DARPA program turns creatures into sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shellfish may not talk in the traditional sense but a new research program would look to harness their responses to the environment to better track manned and unmanned undersea vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new program launched by the agency<\/a> that brings you stealth<\/a> technology is looking to use living sea creatures, from mollusks and crustaceans to certain types of fish, as part of a sensor network to monitor what threats to U.S. naval vessels are lurking beneath the waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But DARPA made clear that not every creature will be studied, specifically those who are protected or on endangered lists such as many sea-dwelling mammals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDARPA expressly forbids the inclusion of endangered species and intelligent mammals, such as dolphins and whales, from researchers’ proposals on the PALS program,\u201d said Jared Adams, DARPA spokesman.
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The Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors, or PALS, program will \u201cstudy natural and modified organisms to determine which ones could best support sensor systems that detect the movement of manned and unmanned underwater vehicles,\u201d according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency <\/a>website.<\/p>\n\n\n\t