Nextgov - Authors - Megan Garberhttp://www.nextgov.comen-usFri, 17 May 2013 14:15:35 -0400A Robot Just Broke the Human Record for Miles Driven in Spacehttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/robot-just-broke-human-record-miles-driven-space/63249/Another victory for Opportunity, the spunky little rover driving on MarsMegan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 17 May 2013 14:15:35 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/robot-just-broke-human-record-miles-driven-space/63249/Emerging TechMars Rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in a view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars.NASA/APNeed to Test the World's Largest Particle Accelerator? Try a Ping-Pong Ballhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/04/need-test-worlds-largest-particle-accelerator-try-ping-pong-ball/62627/Sorry, beer pong: CERN scientists have found a much better use for your ball.Megan Garber, The AtlanticThu, 18 Apr 2013 12:59:13 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/04/need-test-worlds-largest-particle-accelerator-try-ping-pong-ball/62627/Emerging TechPollux/Shutterstock.comAstronauts' Favorite Space Food: Shrimp Cocktailhttp://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/04/astronauts-favorite-space-food-shrimp-cocktail/62395/It's rehydrated, ghastly pink, a little bit slimy ... and apparently deliciousMegan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 10 Apr 2013 10:35:10 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/04/astronauts-favorite-space-food-shrimp-cocktail/62395/HealthVal Thoermer/Shutterstock.comWhat Became of the Parachute That Delivered Curiosity to Mars?http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/04/what-became-parachute-delivered-curiosity-mars/62293/It sits on the Red Planet, flapping hauntingly in the wind.Megan Garber, The AtlanticThu, 04 Apr 2013 15:55:17 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/04/what-became-parachute-delivered-curiosity-mars/62293/Emerging TechNASA illustrationThe Doll That Helped the Soviets Beat the US to Spacehttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/doll-helped-soviets-beat-us-space/62143/Meet Ivan Ivanovich, the mannequin who beta tested space.Megan Garber, The AtlanticThu, 28 Mar 2013 10:59:17 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/doll-helped-soviets-beat-us-space/62143/Emerging Tech Robots Haven't Had Much Luck Walking On Sand -- Until Nowhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/robots-havent-had-much-luck-walking-sand-until-now/62034/Researches design a fast-moving, six-legged lizard robot.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 22 Mar 2013 11:56:10 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/robots-havent-had-much-luck-walking-sand-until-now/62034/Emerging TechRobotics researchers aim to imitate creatures that can run on sand, like this male Red Headed Agama.Sayyid Azim/AP File PhotoThe Engines That Propelled Us Into Space, Recovered From the Ocean Floorhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/engines-propelled-us-space-recovered-ocean-floor/61985/For the Apollo engines, it's one if by space, two if by sea.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 20 Mar 2013 16:10:17 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/engines-propelled-us-space-recovered-ocean-floor/61985/Emerging TechCuriosity's Hit-and-Run Leads to Another Martian Discoveryhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/curiositys-hit-and-run-leads-another-martian-discovery/61982/Behold: "One of the whitest things" we've seen on the Red PlanetMegan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 20 Mar 2013 14:35:03 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/curiositys-hit-and-run-leads-another-martian-discovery/61982/Emerging TechThe "Tintina" rock Curiosity cut through in its travelsNASA/JPL-CaltechA Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient Worldhttp://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2013/03/brief-history-applause-big-data-ancient-world/61906/Once, people measured their leaders -- and themselves -- one clap at a time.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 15 Mar 2013 15:13:59 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2013/03/brief-history-applause-big-data-ancient-world/61906/Big DataWhat Is 3D Printing? And Will It Change the World?http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/what-3d-printing-and-will-it-change-world/61647/The PBS series "Off Book" considers the impact of this much-hyped technology.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 04 Mar 2013 11:12:18 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/what-3d-printing-and-will-it-change-world/61647/Emerging TechMark Jackson of Dasi Solutions shows a potential customer a model which they made through a photopolymer printing system at the International Manufacturing Conference & Expo.Amy Sancetta/APSpaceX's Dragon Capsule Encountered a Problem in Orbithttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/spacexs-dragon-capsule-encountered-problem-orbit/61626/Three of the four thruster pods on the capsule failed to deploy.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 01 Mar 2013 15:32:15 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/03/spacexs-dragon-capsule-encountered-problem-orbit/61626/Emerging TechThe Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2013.John Raoux/APA Medical Lab in Your Smartphonehttp://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/03/medical-lab-your-smartphone/61616/A new app is "trying to democratize healthcare" -- in this case, through urinalysis.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 01 Mar 2013 11:04:05 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/03/medical-lab-your-smartphone/61616/HealthImagine an Aircraft Carrier Made Out of ... Robotshttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/imagine-aircraft-carrier-made-out-robots/61586/Next up: autonomous boats for maritime disastersMegan Garber, The AtlanticThu, 28 Feb 2013 11:45:58 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/imagine-aircraft-carrier-made-out-robots/61586/Emerging Tech The aircraft carrier USS EnterpriseSteve Helber/AP9 New Ways to Sit in the Office, Thanks to Smartphones and Tabletshttp://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/02/9-new-ways-sit-office-thanks-smartphones-and-tablets/61502/Mobile computing has changed the way we communicate, the way we work ... and the way we lounge.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 25 Feb 2013 15:53:01 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/02/9-new-ways-sit-office-thanks-smartphones-and-tablets/61502/CIO BriefingPeshkova/Shutterstock.comAstronauts on the ISS Have Trouble With Work-Life Balance, Toohttp://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/02/astronauts-iss-have-trouble-work-life-balance-too/61422/The good news: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time. The bad: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 20 Feb 2013 18:12:24 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/02/astronauts-iss-have-trouble-work-life-balance-too/61422/CIO BriefingNASANext Stop for Controversial Airport Scanners: Office Buildings?http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/next-stop-controversial-airport-scanners-office-buildings/61243/Say "cheese," federal employees!Megan Garber, The AtlanticTue, 12 Feb 2013 12:07:58 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/next-stop-controversial-airport-scanners-office-buildings/61243/Emerging TechJoerg Sarbach/APWhat's This Weird Hunk of Metal We Just Found on Mars?http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/whats-weird-hunk-metal-we-just-found-mars/61204/... Really, what is it?Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 08 Feb 2013 17:48:32 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/whats-weird-hunk-metal-we-just-found-mars/61204/Emerging TechNASA/JPL-CaltechGood for science, bad for your nightmares: Moths that drive robotshttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/good-science-bad-your-nightmares-moths-drive-robots/61138/The next generation of robots may work like moths to a pheromone.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 06 Feb 2013 15:15:26 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/good-science-bad-your-nightmares-moths-drive-robots/61138/Emerging Techjctabb/Shutterstock.com Here is the robot that will extract water from the moonhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/01/here-robot-will-extract-water-moon/60980/NASA's latest prototype has found a way to, quite literally, get water out of rocks. No word on if it can get blood from stone yet.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 30 Jan 2013 11:51:25 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/01/here-robot-will-extract-water-moon/60980/Emerging TechThe RASSOR robot climbs a hill during recent testing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASATSA has ended its contract with controversial scanner maker Rapiscanhttp://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/01/tsa-has-ended-its-contract-controversial-scanner-maker-rapiscan/60754/The company failed to deliver software to protect passenger privacy, the agency said.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 18 Jan 2013 10:31:49 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/01/tsa-has-ended-its-contract-controversial-scanner-maker-rapiscan/60754/HealthHaraz N. Ghanbari/APThe age of surgical censorship http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/01/age-surgical-censorship/60529/Iran's "smart" approach involves monitoring, rather than blocking, its citizens' use of social media.Megan Garber, The AtlanticTue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/01/age-surgical-censorship/60529/CIO BriefingIranians surf the web in an internet cafe at a shopping center, in central Tehran, Iran.Vahid Salemi/APThe future of cybersecurity could be sitting in an office in New Jerseyhttp://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/01/future-cybersecurity-could-be-sitting-office-new-jersey/60498/Meet CyberCity, the model train town hoping to keep your home safe from attack.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 07 Jan 2013 15:00:00 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/01/future-cybersecurity-could-be-sitting-office-new-jersey/60498/CybersecuritySANS Institute For sale: NASA launchpad, gently usedhttp://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/01/sale-nasa-launchpad-gently-used/60499/NASA's space shuttle program may be holding a going-out-of-business sale.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 07 Jan 2013 12:24:07 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/01/sale-nasa-launchpad-gently-used/60499/CIO BriefingSpace Shuttle Atlantis is seen on the pad at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. , Thursday July 7, 2011.Stan Honda/APWhy the Internet makes it hard to procrastinate http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2012/12/why-internet-makes-it-hard-procrastinate/60317/Technology allows us a "read later" mentality. We don't seem to want it.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 21 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2012/12/why-internet-makes-it-hard-procrastinate/60317/Big DataNneirda/Shutterstock.com Video: Boeing used 20,000 lbs of potatoes to test its in-flight Wi-Fihttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/12/video-boeing-used-20000-lbs-potatoes-test-its-flight-wifi/60315/Firm says the spuds were "ideal stand-ins for passengers."Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 21 Dec 2012 10:48:13 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/12/video-boeing-used-20000-lbs-potatoes-test-its-flight-wifi/60315/Emerging Techzhekoss/Shutterstock.com