Mad Scientist Laboratory

Crowdsourcing the Intellect of the Nation

[Editor’s Note: Crowdsourcing remains an effective tool for harvesting ideas and concepts from a wide array of individuals, helping us to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource … Read the rest

“The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

[Editor’s Note:  Sustaining a deployed force executing combat operations is a challenge. Geographical distance further compounds this challenge, especially when the theater of operations is half a world … Read the rest

The Evolution of AI, Implications for the DoD, and Unintended Consequences

[Editor’s Note:  The U.S. Army continues to grapple with how best to incorporate autonomy, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our force modernization efforts.  In the words of … Read the rest

“China sits in INDOPACOM, but the playground is Africa.”

[Editor’s Note:  Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory will recall that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported, “Relatively poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note:   Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD, including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear munitions), remain potent adversarial capabilities — as much for their potential psychological effects as their kinetic or physiological effects.  Their use or threatened use, having long … Read the rest