VANISHING PROGRAMMABLE RESOURCES (VAPR),PARC WILL INTEGRATE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH STRESS-ENGINEERED MATERIALS, SILICON PROCESSING, AND MICROCHIP HANDLING AND DEPOSITION TO CREATE A TRANSIENCE TECHNOLOGY CALLED DISINTEGRATION UPON STRESS-RELEASE TRIGGER, OR DUST. PARC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP STRESS-ENGINEERED SUBSTRATES WITH INTEGRATED TRIGGERS AND SILICON PROXY, OR DUMMY CIRCUITS THAT, UPON APPLICATION OF A SHORT ELECTRICAL TRIGGER, WILL CRUMBLE INTO SMALL, SAND-LIKE PARTICLES IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND. THE PARTICLE SIZE IS SUCH THAT THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES WILL BE INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE AND WILL BLEND INTO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT UNDER A VARIETY OF CONOPS. THE TRANSIENCE BEHAVIOR IS ENABLED AS THE INTENSE INTERNAL STRESS OF THE SUBSTRATE IS RELEASED, AND IS THE CORE ELEMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.