國防高級研究計劃局被趕出地下室了?

DARPA Urgently Needs a Secure Underground Location, And It Sounds Ominous

國防高級研究計劃局迫切需要一個安全的地下位置，聽起來不太妙。

Sounds like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was just kicked out of mom's basement.

聽起來好像國防高級研究計劃局(DARPA)剛剛被趕出了媽媽的地下室。

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA asked for help finding "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities able to host research and experimentation."

在一條無法解釋的推文上，DARPA請求幫助尋找“商業(yè)化管理的地下城市隧道和設施，以進行研究和實驗”。

And nobody knows why.

沒人知道為什么。

Deep Cover

覆蓋深

The facilities need to be "currently closed off from pedestrians" and ideally spans "several city blocks with complex layout".

這些設施需要“目前與行人隔離”，理想情況下跨越“多個布局復雜的城市街區(qū)”。

Sound creepy? Well, the accompanying images attached to the tweet confirmed our worst nightmares: DARPA is starting a cult or filming the sequel of Blade: Trinity — though we're not entirely sure which.

聽起來毛骨悚然嗎?推特附帶的圖片證實了我們最可怕的噩夢:美國國防部高級研究計劃局(DARPA)開始了一場邪教活動，或者正在拍攝《刀鋒:三一》(Blade: Trinity)的續(xù)集——盡管我們不完全確定是哪部。

Short Notice

時間緊

Making matters even more bizarre, DARPA wants replies by Friday, August 30 — that's just two days from the time of writing, so better call your landlord. Or the Crypt Keeper.

更奇怪的是，國防高級研究計劃局希望在8月30日星期五之前得到答復——這離寫信的時間只有兩天，所以最好給你的房東、或者是地下室管理員打個電話。

Jokes aside, our guess is that DARPA's search is related to its upcoming Subterranean Challenge, a contest that challenges teams from around the country to create robots that can map, navigate, and search complex underground environments, such as man-made tunnels, natural cave systems, and subterranean urban infrastructure.

撇開玩笑不提，我們猜測DARPA的搜索與它即將到來的地下挑戰(zhàn)有關。這項競賽向來自全國各地的團隊發(fā)起挑戰(zhàn)，要求他們創(chuàng)造能夠繪制地圖、導航和搜索復雜地下環(huán)境的機器人，比如人造隧道、自然洞穴系統(tǒng)和地下城市基礎設施。

An early stage of the competition was held August 15 to 22 inside mining tunnels under Pittsburgh — but it sounds like DARPA might not have the next location quite locked down.

比賽的早期階段于8月15日至22日在匹茲堡地下的采礦隧道內舉行，但DARPA似乎還沒有完全鎖定下一個地點。