Emerging Tech

FAA Says Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just 8 Months

According to the agency, it took 100 years for about 320,000 regular aircraft to be registered with US officials.

Emerging Tech

NIST Tries to Define ‘Internet of Things’

Technologists can’t really agree on what qualifies as part of that network of devices and sensors.

Modernization

Video: How to Make Your iPhone More Like An Android

How to get the best of both worlds.

Ideas

How Automation Can Unleash Government IT Innovation

By embracing automation, agencies can free up budget for innovation.

Cybersecurity

Here's How Government Thinks Nanotech Will Transform Cyber

A team of agencies want easy-to-use technology that works just like the human brain does.

Cybersecurity

Video: It's Machine against Machine at This Year's Cyber Grand Challenge

DARPA's hacking competition will soon be underway.

Digital Government

Pharma and Tech Giants Team Up to Design Devices That Can Hack Your Body’s Electrical Signals

Their target is the peripheral nervous system.

Modernization

Police Cloned Michigan Murder Victim’s Fingerprint that Unlocked his Phone

Cracking crime just got a lot more innovative.

Digital Government

3-D Printing a Better Prosthetic

Algorithms can be used to design cheap, perfect-fitting limbs, orthodontics and other accessories.

Emerging Tech

Watch SpaceX Test-Fire its Reusable Falcon 9 Rocket for the First Time Ever

Elon Musk’s space company has taken another key step toward

Emerging Tech

How Donald Trump Beat Reddit

His first Q&A on the site seemed free-wheeling and open to all, but it was actually obsessively controlled.

Emerging Tech

Video: Inside NASA's Mission to Neighboring Asteroid

Scientists hope to see organic materials on the surface.

Emerging Tech

Even Sheepdogs Aren’t Safe: A New Robot Can Herd Animals on its Own

It can even run over rough terrain and streams.

Digital Government

EPA Tests Future of Public Comments

18F helped the agency build a system that lets citizens comment on specific paragraphs of proposed rules.

Emerging Tech

Video: Inside Tesla's Massive Gigafactory

It will be the largest building in the world, by footprint.

Digital Government

Pentagon Officially Opens Boston DIUx with Eye on Biotech

Carter also added tech heavyweights such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

Emerging Tech

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Delivery Drone

The British government will allow Amazon to test a system that uses drones to deliver packages.

Digital Government

TechFAR Hub Aims to Clear Up Buzzwords Like 'Agile' and 'Open Source'

USDS and OMB's procurement policy office collaborated on the TechFAR hub.

Modernization

Video: The Crazy Tech Airports Use to Track Your Luggage

It's a journey just to start the journey.

Cybersecurity

DISA Wants $9M to Fast Track Cyber Innovations

The agency's Rapid Innovation Fund is pursuing “mature prototypes” of cybersecurity technologies that could be operationalized within two years.