Digital Government
Pentagon Eyes Laser-Armed Drones to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles
The high-flying aircraft would be the unmanned successors to the Air Force’s missile-zapping jetliner.
Digital Government
Get Ready for Dissolvable Brain Sensors
They can measure pressure, temperature and much more before being safely absorbed into the body.
Emerging Tech
CDC Wants to Know How the Internet of Things Can Make the Workplace Safer
Emergency responders could use sensors to figure out when to evacuate, or when they need personal protective equipment.
Emerging Tech
Robots Can Now Defend Themselves Against Our Flying Kicks
Humanity seems to be intent on teaching robots how to destroy us.
Emerging Tech
Video: Virtual Reality Takes on the Art of Salvador Dali
Put on a VR headset and check out some melting clocks.
Emerging Tech
Robots, They’re Just Like Us: Google’s Bot Now Does Mundane Chores
Perhaps in the future, we’ll come home to find our dishes clean, our floors vacuumed,and our surfaces dusted.
Emerging Tech
Video: What Energy Dept. Scientists Can Learn from Movies of Cold War-Era Bomb Tests
Thousands of film reels are now in dire need of preservation.
Digital Government
DARPA Seeks Secret Tech for Undersea Communication
The Pentagon’s research agency is holding a proposers' day Jan. 26.
Digital Government
Army Testing Robo-Parachutes That Don't Need GPS
The military needs what goes up to come down without the global positioning system.
Cybersecurity
US Hiring Researchers to See if China’s Military Robots Originate from Hacked Designs
The feds want to know if hacked trade secrets are aiding the rise of an army of Chinese bots.
Emerging Tech
The Government Is Getting Ready for the Driverless-Car Era
New DOT policies will make it easier for autonomous cars to hit the road.
Digital Government
NOAA Is Building a Facebook for Whales
Marine biologists have crowdsourced a facial-recognition algorithm to help them identify the animals on the spot.
Emerging Tech
Air Force CTO: We Don’t Want to Manage IT Anymore
Faced with an IT workforce shortage, the Air Force CTO said it makes more sense to outsource the work to industry entities than to continue training a revolving door of airmen.
Emerging Tech
Video: Lego Robots Scoot into Classrooms and Teach Kids How to Code
Coding one brick at a time.
Digital Government
Number of Deaths in Police Custody Higher than Media Reports: DOJ Data
The story of police brutality has been missing one data point – a federal accounting of the problem.
Emerging Tech
CIOs: Use the Cloud, or Else?
If you’re responsible for managing your agency’s IT and you haven’t moved applications to the cloud, at least one CIO thinks you should get the ax.
Emerging Tech
How Police Departments Can Evaluate Threats by Using an Algorithm
Cops, firefighters and EMTs react in ways shaped by whatever they’re told.
Emerging Tech
FirstNet Posts Multibillion RFP for Public Safety Broadband Network
The RFP was posted after more than a year of discussion with technology companies and public safety groups.
Emerging Tech