darpa paid $100,000 to sponsor a discussion series.lications for christianity if extra terrestrials are discovered. another one that co burn found was pentagon spending on better beef jerky. the foreign comparative testing program spent $1.5 million developing jerky that features flavors including salami, chipotle and turkey. this beef jerky is shaped like a fruit rollup. they also studied the politics of goldfish. darpa paid $5.2 million for a study that included goldfish. the study analyzed group behavior in goldfish and it suggested implications for human political behavior based on the way the goldfish were swimming. sarl, senator coburn said you can take $67.9 billion a year out of the pentagon budget very easily by going after a raft of programs like this. >> eamon you could hear the groans on the floor. having eaten a couple of mres i can almost see the jerky. the goldfish and the "star trek", that's the kick. >> i want to try the chipotle flavored beef jerky. >> i'm sure they can't wait. thanks very much. >>> find out what they

anybody knows darpa -- the commercial sector and has a but there's benefit. let me put it this way. i have yet to be clear that they have got a positive reports. it has a requirement that they be open. a lot of consternation on this part. the idea that a university will take half a million dollar grant and produce a commercial ready products that is ultimately going to compete with folks, if you are really worried about that, you have other issues. the opportunity is to have other folks creating a pipeline which could produce some basic innovations. they allowed others to participate. the folks who were then in the business looked over at the folks outperformed and said how would you like to get bought back that is the kind of thing we can expect. this i do not understand. >> i had something on my mind similar. we're heading toward challenge structures when it comes to tools and content and analytics. we're never going to get that right. we're never going to pick the best thing or two. i would submit that no philanthropy or government agency is likely to do that over time in an acti

>> guest: taxpayers and to set up by academics and military through its knuckled darpa, and so we beganat number one. back in the 90s, senator vice president's say we have this wondrous thing called the internet when browsers came along in 1995 and have what we all know is the internet. the telephone companies and cable companies on capitol hill said were going to have this television ad where an old geezer pulls into the sleep that hotel insisted the young woman behind the desk in the room service from the lobby. entertainment, she looks at insides, every movie ever made in every room. that's who we're promised. this was shot in the mojave desert. well, the rest of the world is doing that. america ranks 29th down the speed of its internet behind such leading industrial world as moldavia and ukraine. we pay the highest prices in the world a fire. by one measure would pay 38 times the japanese pay for bit of information. if you buy triple play package, i have one in my home, you pay an average of texas in the u.s. $160. in france you pay $38 u.s. annika worldwide calling to 70 countries

interacting with robots, the air force spending money on studying the color of dinosaur feathers and darpapends $6 million on a study of storytelling techniques and the brain. coburn said he or she identified about $67.9 billion worth of spending that he thinks over ten years can be easily cut out of the pentagon budget. and i want to leave you with one of the other items that he found here. this was kind of a whopper to a lot of us here in the office. he found that the pentagon had financed a seminar discussion and the topic of that discussion was, did jesus die for the cling-ones, too? and it was a discussion of whether or not -- what the implications are for christianity if extraterrestrial life is discovered? those are your taxpayer dollars at work. >> eamon jarvis, thank you very much. >>> sure, obama care may guarantee you health insurance. but what good is it if you can't get any health care? a new study warns that obama care will drive doctor pay so low we're going to face a doctor shortage very soon and one of those real private practice doctors who faces the crunch is going to jo

taxpayers, and set up by academics the military through what's now called darpa, the defense advanced research project agency. so begin at number one. and back in the '90s al gore as soon as vice president and others promote this idea that would have this wondrous thing called internet. when browsers came along in 1995, it meant the geeks were not the ones who could use an apple we all know today as the internet. the telephone companies, the cable companies, all went to capitol hill and state legislatures and said we're going to build his fibers thing. there was this great television and in 1999 were an old geezer, sort of like me by then, polls into this fleabag motel, drop secession assisted young woman behind the desk, rooms, king size beds, room service, entertainment what she looks at him and says every movie ever made in every language in every room. that's a we are promised. this was shot at roy's cafÉ in the mojave desert to the rest of the world was doing that. the internet was being made universal all over the place to america raced 29th with a speed of its in it behind such

darpa is a government agency that funded the initial project that we now know as the internet.hat was the government. when president clinton ordered that we sequenced the human genome, that has led to medical discoveries that have helped to benefit life. what about the interstate highway under eisenhower? government as well. i think the difficulty that we are having is that you think we live in a pure plays a fair economy. you are also making the mistake saying that someone like me is advocating for no private sector role which is certainly support. i used to own my own law forfir. but we need a mixed economy. there are things that we do together. we are trying to find the right mix. accusing the other side of being all bad or all good really does not help. host: do you want to talk about the flat tax? guest: i believe in progressive taxation. we should have a higher degree of taxation on people that you make more. the robin hood tax proposal is a transaction tax on financial transactions. stock purchases and derivatives, bonds, very tiny tax on these kind of transactions. it w

that is distinct from darpa where the department of defense has incentives more in line to adopt things that allow them to fight wars more easily into reconnaissance better. it is a clear path way to adoption. in many ways, it operates for superintendents are awarded not because they did or did not help students. >> it strikes me that what it is doing as much more neatly aligned them world language instruction and or six instruction or liberal arts at a higher level. it strikes me if you are to bring a fourth or fifth grader, you are only to bring them a small portion. one question for me is if we are focusing on the kinds of outcomes, how good a metric is that for capturing the value that you are adding or do we need to think differently about what we are measuring and the metrics to see whether you guys are serving kids well or not? >> i think the metric is important for a couple of reasons. we are normally tutoring for about 40 hours. >> 40 hours a week? >> 40 hours during the course of an academic year. we are targeted in our instructions. if they go through and identify 12 areas we

anyone in the same thing about darpa knows it does the work in the commercial sector realizes the vast majority of valley on the internet, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. let me just put it this way. i have yet to be clear that the proposal has gotten any positive work from the sector and have gotten reports that, in fact, there had been negative feedback from the sector on the proposal. that's just one. when i look at it proposal like taa, grant program and labor which is about producing new online courses, it had a requirement those be open and done in partnership with universities. and a lot of consternation on this front, but the idea that a university is going to take a half a million, to a 1 million-dollar grant and produce a product that is ultimately going to go to steal and compete with folks in the sector. if you're worried about not being of other issues. in fact, the opportunity is to have lots of folks now in fasting, creating a sea pipeline which could produce some basic potential innovation that could be adopted or i'll use it as a classic example is the prize that tom

that is distinct from darpa where the department of defense has incentives more in line to adopt things that allow them to fight wars more easily in reconnaissance better. it is a clear path way to adoption. in many ways, it operates for superintendents and are awarded not because they did or did not help students. >> it strikes me that what it is doing has much more neatly aligned them with world language instruction and instruction of liberal arts at a higher level. it strikes me if you are to bring a fourth-or fifth-grader, you are only to bring them a small portion. one question for me is if we are focusing on the kinds of outcomes, how good a metric is that for capturing the value that you are adding, or do we need to think differently about what we are measuring and the metrics to see whether you guys are serving kids well or not? >> i think the metric is important for a couple of reasons. we are normally tutoring for about 40 hours. >> 40 hours a week? >> 40 hours during the course of an academic year. we are targeted in our instructions. if they go through and identify 12 areas

years ago, when darpa, the defence research project agency funded able company called b.b.n to work on a way to communicate -- they invented something called the internet, which turned into the world wide web. the basic tenet was people are good, people are honest. we want something that is lightning fast and wide-open and everybody can use that and no one will abuse it. the cornerstone of how the internet came about was based on that. unfortunately, everyone is not good, everyone cannot be trusted. people will do bad things. that is why we are we are at. social media -- it is a great thing. people love to use it. the whole social media industry has exploded. we are still concerned, even though we like to communicate with people -- privacy settings on facebook and everything. they do restrict casual viewing. but they are more like speed bumps then waltz to professionals who will get in and do bad things or corrupt your data or try to steal your identity. your privacy settings, like i say, will keep -- remember, a lot will only keep out an honest man. never put anything on social media,

the obama white house, doe, nasa, darpa have all been partners in doing this.hink, you know, it's really a partnership between corporations, philanthropy and the government to focus on problems. i personally don't believe there is no challenge that cannot be solved with the right capital, passion and technology. >> yeah, this country has proven that time and time again over the past 200 and some odd years. >> absolutely. it's a long road perspective. >> have a great time in chicago. we'll see you soon. peter diamandis joining us from schwab impact 2012. a lot more from there all day today on cnbc. two exclusives coming up on "closing bell," george roberts, walter bettinger, ceo of charles schwab. >>> they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. one contemporary painting is in the home of the person with the largest wallet. what do you think this work went for? what a gorgeous rothko. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day!