BTW, meant to include this in my ARPANET post above regarding the Lincoln Laboratory:
“MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center that applies advanced technology to problems of national security.”
Some of the work being done by those “state workers”:
Technology News
Real-time speech communication on packet networks named an IEEE Milestone
MIT Lincoln Laboratory radar technology improves breast-cancer treatment
New supercomputer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory is “green”
Journal cover image created by MIT Lincoln Laboratory technology
MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins four 2011 R&D 100 Awards
Lincoln Laboratory develops a technique to cure a broad range of viruses
Student interns experiment with satellite building
Recent News and Awards
Engineers help student designers build products of the future
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is awarded Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Flag
MIT Lincoln Laboratory helps celebrate the official unveiling of the Space Surveillance Telescope
Lincoln Laboratory presents the Small Business of the Year Award
Marilyn Wolfson named 2012 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers receive NASA award
MIT doctoral students thrive doing research at Lincoln Laboratory
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Features
RAPID Prototyping Technology
All-Weather Hyperspectral Atmospheric Sounding
Wind-Shear System Cost-Benefit Analysis
Rapid Prelaunch Testing of the JPSS VIIRS Sensor
High-Efficiency Error Correction for Photon Counting
There are multiple publicly-funded labs and research institutes across the country that are doing the research that serves as a springboard for private industry — so many of the innovations we enjoy today are a result of R&D done at these labs.
