Digital Government
ISIS Is Destroying Cultural Artifacts. Here’s How Programmers and 3-D Printers Fight Back
It took the militant group only a few months to destroy hundreds of years of history.
Digital Government
Infographic: Global Government Priorities for 2016
Overcoming a tight budget is a popular goal for many.
Ideas
Can Government Outpace the Private Sector in Innovation?
At its heart, digital government leadership is based on the very real and powerful idea that data is an invaluable strategic asset and a critical new natural resource for government -- the “oil” of our time.
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Make the Supreme Court More Transparent
Computer models can determine the authorship of unsigned legal decisions with startling accuracy.
Emerging Tech
Amazon's Delivery Drones: More Like Horses Than Cars
Amazon’s quest for 30-minute delivery by drone doesn’t just face an uphill battle with regulators. Consumers are skeptical, too.
Digital Government
Can New Tech Improve Gun Safety?
For the first time in a century, gun deaths are poised to surpass car deaths last year.
Cybersecurity
Here’s the Pentagon Policy for Going Undercover in Cyberspace
Most of the directions for this sly approach to cozying up with the enemy for information extraction are redacted, but the glossary offers some understanding of the tactics in play.
Emerging Tech
Video: Running Low on Ink? Don't Worry, the Printer Can Order More
A new way to think about the Internet of Things.
Emerging Tech
Tech & Tequila: A Nextgov Meetup Where You Can Get Your Tech Buzz On
On Feb. 24, Nextgov's inaugural tech meet-up will gather data gurus from both government and private sector for a drink or two.
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