Emerging Tech

Drones Flying By Airports Coming Soon(ish)

Current FAA regulations prohibit drones from flying within 5 miles of an airport without notifying air traffic control.

Emerging Tech

The Self-Driving Dilemma

Autonomous vehicles could spark a cleaner, cheaper urban mobility revolution—or they could make it tougher to combat sprawl, congestion, and climate change.

Digital Government

Who We Are As Data Might Soon Become More Important Than Who We Are As People

Online, you live in a realm functionally distinct from the world you thought you knew.

Digital Government

When Push Comes to Shove, How Quickly Will You Give Up Your Data for Convenience?

In the online world, it took us only a few years to get accustomed to the idea that firms can track our browsing behavior and predict our next steps.

Digital Government

Robot Exoskeletons Are Finally Here, And They’re Nothing Like the Suits From 'Iron Man'

After years of tinkering and military adventures, the first exoskeleton suits are finally walking out of the lab and into the market.

Emerging Tech

How Removing Drivers from Trucks Leads to Flying Cars

If we can figure out self-driving vehicles on the ground, the next step might be taking to the skies.

Digital Government

Space: Trump's Least Controversial Frontier

Unlike in other policy areas, the president can pay significant attention to the U.S. space program with little risk of backlash.

Emerging Tech

The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics

Technology is evolving faster than the legal and moral frameworks needed to manage it.

Digital Government

The Rise of the Health Care Robots

The robots are coming and they want you to get well soon. 

Digital Government

Powerful Algorithms Need a New Formula, Not More Transparency, To Be Kept in Check

Algorithms are complicated so exposing the code behind them won’t make them more understandable, says Microsoft.