Emerging Tech
The New Social Network Where You Can Hang Out with Real People in Virtual Reality
Instead of hanging out with your friends in real life, why not spend time with them in outer space?
Emerging Tech
Shhh! How Technology Will Make the Future Less Noisy
Even sirens, airplanes and leaf blowers may make less noise.
Digital Government
Can You Turn Your Toaster Into a Bomb? DARPA Wants to Know
The agency will pay tinkerers to weaponize off-the-shelf items — in hopes of defending against such hacks.
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside the Plane Every NASA Astronaut Must Learn to Fly
Astronauts have been flying the T-38 since the 1960s.
Digital Government
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces
They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering.
Emerging Tech
This Company Says Its Driverless Cars Can Handle Rain and Snow
Ford has been testing its driverless cars in Michigan’s snow since January.
Emerging Tech
Cloud Giant Amazon Web Services Turns 10
Over the last decade, AWS has come to dominate the infrastructure-as-a-service market.
Digital Government
Dems Question Secret Service’s 'Monitoring' of Threats Involving Trump Events
One way the Secret Service keeps tabs on threats, in general, is by tracking social media.
Modernization
Video: The Best Ways to Preserve Your Smartphone's Battery
For those times when you're stuck without a charger.
Digital Government
All the Federal Agencies that Fly Drones over US Soil
On Wednesday, USA Today reported the Pentagon “has deployed drones to spy over U.S. territory for nonmilitary missions over the past decade."
Digital Government
Debating Income Equality? Get the Facts Right with this New Commerce App
A team of data gurus is hoping to transform stores of siloed government data into fresh insight into one of the toughest challenges in America.
Digital Government
Video: How Drones Can Help Save the California Coast
One organization needs volunteers in California to fly their drones over the shore to take pictures.
Emerging Tech
Why Google Dominates the Self-Driving Car Market
Eleven manufacturers have test permits in California, but how many driverless vehicles does each have on the road?
Emerging Tech
Why CDC Wants to Tap Into Wearables
The agency is investigating wearable sensors that can alert first responders about radiation and chemical release.
Digital Government
US Is Going to Let Foreign Students Stay Longer—If They Studied STEM
Tech companies have long argued for immigration reform to let in more skilled workers.
Digital Government
Video: Think You Have What it Takes To Be a NASA Astronaut?
The right stuff entails a lot.
Digital Government
A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
Thanks to a small group of Silicon Valley’s satellite startups, we may never look at our planet again the same way.
Emerging Tech
Why Commerce Wants Robots to Fix Themselves
NIST wants to create a standard test by which manufacturers can evaluate robots’ agility before deploying them in the factory.
Emerging Tech
DOT’s Smart City Challenge Aims to Jump Start Driverless Cars in US Cities
The discussion that’s been delayed for too long.
Digital Government