In a bid to build public awareness of its work \u2014 and not incidentally, to attract more scientists and researchers\u00a0\u2014 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is opening a four-month exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibit, called “Redefining Possible,” runs from May 5 through Sept.ember<\/span> 5. It will feature the humanoid Atlas robot, a model of the unmanned submarine chaser Sea Hunter, along with examples of DARPA\u2019s work in microelectronics, prosthetics and other technologies. Attendees can also traverse an immersive, 100-foot timeline of DARPA-supported technological breakthroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Our guests are very interested in what tomorrow’s going to look like,” said Kathleen McCarthy, the museum’s head curator, during a conference call with reporters. “If they’re interested in that, they should look at what DARPA is doing today.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the exhibit has kid-friendly exhibits and is designed for public education, DARPA has a strong recruiting motive as well, said Deputy Director Steve Walker, speaking during the same call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It happens that MSI is smack in the middle of a resource-rich domain, from a recruiting point of view,” he said, noting that Chicago is home to prestigious universities and technology companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DARPA is looking in particular for people to work as project managers for a few years on specific programs, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We’re happy to be able to tell our story and hope catch the attention of some of the nation’s leading scientist and engineers,” he said. “We are constantly looking for superstars.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The exhibit, called \u201cRedefining Possible,\u201d features the Atlas robot and more examples of DARPA\u2019s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":16,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1368],"class_list":["post-13650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-networks"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"LHASGEHBGZERXISUCLCSI7J23Y","arc_canonical_url":"\/it-networks\/2016\/05\/04\/darpa-museum-exhibit-doubles-as-recruiting-tool\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n