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
Video: How NASA's Star Shade Will Help Us Find Life in the Universe
The space agency is throwing shade.
Digital Government
The SpaceX of China Aims to Commercialize a Mysterious Rocket on the World Stage
Landspace, founded in 2015, says it will have its first commercial launch in 2017, an extraordinarily fast pace of development for an orbital rocket.
Emerging Tech
Tech + Tequila: Tapping into Tech Hubs
Join Nextgov Thursday to explore the relationship between the federal government and tech hubs.
Digital Government
Could This Scanner Take the Hell Out of Airport Security Checks?
Say goodbye to trays and conveyor belts.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision-Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones
Online courses are praised for their potential to make education accessible to everyone—but they’re leaving students behind.
Cybersecurity
Congress Now Has a Caucus Dedicated to Bitcoin and Blockchain
The role of the caucus is to get other legislators up to speed on a subject in the hopes of formulating future laws that affect that niche.
Emerging Tech