Emerging Tech
Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Already Getting Into Scrapes on the Streets of Pittsburgh
One-way roads are tricky.
Digital Government
CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases
The agency's use of sophisticated algorithms and analytics have significantly improved its ability to predict events.
Digital Government
UK Military Wants Your Ideas for How to Build Swarms of Attack Drones
The country is looking system that would allow a single solider to control up to 20 drones at once.
Emerging Tech
Where Are All the Startups?
Pentagon leaders regularly tout Silicon Valley innovation, but entrepreneurs seem largely absent from the largest defense industry events.
Digital Government
A Computer That Stores Memories like Humans Do
A new mathematical model of memory could accelerate the quest to build super-powered, brain-inspired hardware systems.
Emerging Tech
MIT Researchers 3-D-Print Customizable Padding for Robots
A wrong landing could be all it takes to break a robot.
Emerging Tech
In the Future, Body Cameras Won't Need Humans to Interpret Footage
The intelligence community wants technology that can interpret video feeds.
Digital Government
What’s Next in Tech? Find Out Tomorrow
We know what technologies are here, but what’s next?
Digital Government
Beyond Big Dog: The US Army Searches for an Infantry Squadbot
Service officials have a concept of operations and a plan to deploy a cargo-carrying robot alongside dismounted soldiers in 2019. But can the acquisition system keep up?
Modernization
Text-Based Emergency Alerts Could Soon Include More Characters, URLs
FCC adopted rules that would increase the amount of information emergency managers could send out.
Digital Government
Helping Smart Cites Harness Big Data
The open-source mapping company Mapbox is starting a new “mentorship” program to help cities tackle their most pressing urban issues.
Digital Government
A New Device Approved by the FDA Could Radically Change the Lives of Diabetics
It’s a step closer to giving type-1 diabetes patients an artificial pancreas.
Emerging Tech
A New Innovation in 3D-Printed Materials Lets Objects Be Both Hard and Soft
Imagine mechanical objects like door handles or pliers made entirely of rubber.
Digital Government
The Algorithms That Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling
Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what’s bothering workers—or what they’re excited about.
Digital Government
Army Racing to Catch Up to Russia On Battle Drones
After watching UAVs dominate eastern Ukrainian skies, the service is seeking counter-drone tech and new families of flying robots.
Ideas
How To Ensure Trustworthy, Open Source Elections
From the perspective of voters, a trustworthy election is one in which they can be confident their votes have been counted as cast and their anonymity has been maintained.
Cybersecurity
Should Facebook Fix This Security Bug if it Means Losing a Little Functionality and A Lot of Influence?
Facebook’s status as a top traffic referrer is a major source of its influence, as well its revenue.
Emerging Tech
White House CTO, CIO Make Plea for SXSW-Style Thinking
Top officials attempt to sell techies on a federal 'tour of duty.'
Emerging Tech