Emerging Tech
You Can Now Buy a USB Stick That Destroys Any Computer
The gadget will "instantly and permanently disable" any device it plugs into, says the manufacturer.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX's 'Difficult and Complex' Failure
Elon Musk says his company is investigating why the Falcon 9 rocket exploded last week before a scheduled launch.
Ideas
Report: IoT Security Failures are 100 Percent Preventable
Internet of things security is uniquely challenging because it’s “three dimensional," says OTA Executive Director and President Craig Spiezle.
Emerging Tech
Here Are All the Technologies Star Trek Accurately Predicted
We're still hoping for a warp drive, though.
Emerging Tech
NASA Is Launching a Mission to Visit an Asteroid and Maybe Save the World
The ambitious OSIRIS-REx mission promises to provide new information about our universe to the scientific community.
Emerging Tech
Video: NASA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek'
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Emerging Tech
Mercedes Is Making Special Vans for 'Free-Floating Robot Fleets' of Delivery Bots
Delivery vans for delivery bots
Emerging Tech
360 Video: Watch NASA Astronauts Train for a Spacewalk Underwater
Inside the largest indoor swimming pool in the world.
Artificial Intelligence
A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
Emerging Tech
The Story of Philae, the Little Robot that Flew Across the Solar System to Land on a Comet
The European Space Agency's robot probe had a very long journey.
Cybersecurity
Spy Agency To Pilot Insider-Threat Hunting Tech
NGA intends to sole-source a contract for technology that analyzes employees' text.
Emerging Tech
Video: How the Energy Department Is Enabling the Wind Plant of Tomorrow
From atmosphere to electrons
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Lost Rocket Could Upset Global Merger and Delay America’s Human Spaceflight Plans
The fire that burst from the top stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket did more than melt aluminum and crack carbon fiber.
Emerging Tech
The Ultimate Promise of Artificial Intelligence Lies in Sorting Cucumbers
How Google helped a farmer in Japan.
Emerging Tech
The First Satellite in Facebook’s Plan for Global Internet Success Just Exploded
Earlier today, a SpaceX rocket carrying the satellite that Facebook planned to use exploded during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Emerging Tech
A SpaceX Rocket Exploded Before Launch at Cape Canaveral
This could be a major setback for Elon Musk’s space company.
Emerging Tech