Emerging Tech
NOAA Wants Feedback on Engagement with Commercial Satellite Industry
An agency official said he envisions a future in weather forecasting where NOAA relies on “a mixture of government and commercial satellites.”
Digital Government
Do We Need Air Traffic Controllers For Space?
If the U.S. doesn’t take the lead in guiding satellites through increasingly crowded orbits, someone else will.
Emerging Tech
DHS: Open Source Software Is Like Giving Mafia a Copy of FBI System Code
The department made a bid to adjust a White House draft policy that would encourage agencies to code in the open, and to share their code with each other.
Digital Government
Brain Prosthetic Allows Paralyzed Man to Move His Hand Again
The system decodes his brain activity and uses it to control his arm muscles, bypassing his injured spine.
Digital Government
Here’s What the Pentagon Wants Its Satellites to Do in 15 Years
The ability to take on new missions will help tomorrow’s constellations survive war in space.
Emerging Tech
Actually, We Should Teach Robots to Disobey Humans.
Should you always do what other people tell you to do? Clearly not.
Emerging Tech
Nuclear Lab Buys Brain-Inspired Computing Technology
IBM has been hawking the technology in Washington.
Emerging Tech
Postal Service Agents Will Trawl Facebook, Dating Sites to Root Out Fraud
The agency is now planning to formally train agents how to probe wayward personnel using social media and other open source data.
Emerging Tech
How Should the US Fund Research and Development?
The United States leads the world in dollars invested in furthering innovation. It won’t for long.
Emerging Tech
These New Solar Panels Can Create Electricity from Raindrops
This could prove to be a significant step toward creating solar cells that work even when the sun isn’t shining.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Makes Historic Landing
Falcon 9’s successful mission shows how the cost of space access is headed down as reusable rockets head up.
Cybersecurity
'Hey Siri, Call in an Airstrike': Army Seeks to Outfit Soldiers With Voice-Controlled Gear
To ensure cybersecurity and national security do not become mutually exclusive, the Army is testing various biometric identification methods that can withstand battle terrain.
Digital Government
Navy Christens First Robot Ghost Ship
Autonomous vessels like this submarine hunter will play a growing role in future naval missions and will soon crowd the seas.
Digital Government
Facial-Recognition Software Might Have a Racial Bias Problem
Depending on how algorithms are trained, they could be significantly more accurate when identifying white faces than African American ones.
Digital Government
Can Google Build a City that Works Like the Internet?
Creating physical urban spaces that run on data—in ways that resemble the connectivity of the internet itself—has been a dream of Larry Page’s since he publicly floated the idea of “Google 2.0” in 2014.
Emerging Tech
Video: Here's What Riding a Virtual Reality Coaster Looks Like
Making loop-the-loops more intense, one headset at a time.
Emerging Tech