Digital Government
IBM Has Figured Out How to Store Data on a Single Atom
Big things really can come in small packages.
Digital Government
Video: NASA's Science Spy Plane Catches What Satellites Can't
Not quite into space, but very close.
Modernization
Moore’s Law Can’t Last Forever—But Two Small Changes Might Mean Your Phone Battery Will
It’s true the pace of accelerating computer power is slowing. It’s also true this slowdown is a problem.
Digital Government
Social Media’s Silent Filter
Under-the-radar workers have scrubbed objectionable material from Facebook and other sites since well before the fake-news controversy.
Digital Government
A Woman’s Pioneering Exoskeleton Technology Could Allow Paralyzed People to Move Again
The exoskeleton is built with products anyone could purchase for a few hundred dollars.
Digital Government
A Visual Search Engine for the Entire Planet
Descartes Labs lets you point-and-hop between features in China and the United States.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Making Life Absurdly Difficult in German Court
The German government is threatening the social media giant with hefty fines if it doesn’t deal with fake news and hate speech.
Emerging Tech
Meet the Satellite in Space that Maps and Predicts Lightning
The agency's next-gen satellite is taking some awesome pictures as it tests its instruments.
Emerging Tech
IBM Thinks It’s Ready to Turn Quantum Computing Into an Actual Business
IBM has announced it is forming IBM Q, a new division around its quantum computing research.
Emerging Tech
Meet Medusa and Jenny—Drones You Fly with Your Mind
A growing drone startup uses augmented reality to drop the joystick.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Event: Improving Customer Satisfaction in Government
When it comes to customer service, can the government really do more with less?
Cybersecurity
Singapore Commuters Can Soon Use Credit Cards to Board Public Transit
Straphangers won’t have to put money on a separate fare card to ride buses and trains.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Tests Dirty-Bomb Hunting Ambulances
You may not have known it, but some D.C. ambulances were searching for radiation while they drove.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning Is Bringing the Cosmos Into Focus
Training neural networks to identify galaxies could forever change humanity’s perspective of the universe.
Modernization
FirstNet's Message To Tech: First Responders Could Be The Next Big Market
Public safety officers have unique needs, and tech companies need to start thinking about them.
Ideas
In Defense of 18F—Because Inaction Also Has a Cost
Procurement doesn’t grab many headlines, but it is critical to the nation’s future.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Event: Dig into Data Science
We'll chat with three data scientists at our first Innovation After Hours event of 2017
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk’s Moon Mission Would Vault SpaceX Past NASA
The company plans to take two people—not astronauts, but private citizens—on a trip around the moon next year.
Emerging Tech