Emerging Tech

Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System

DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.

Digital Government

US Postal Service Will Now Email You Your Mail

Don't worry -- the mail will not be opened.

Modernization

Video: A Japanese Company Has Invented a Smartphone You Can Wash

Kyocera said it created the device, called Digno Rafre, by developing “better sealing” for the phone.

Emerging Tech

Video: Honey, I Shrunk the Satellites!

These NASA mini-satellites are tiny, but can pack a big punch.

Emerging Tech

These 9 Innovations Changed the Future and They All Came From One Place

The MIT Media Lab helped originate some of the indispensable tech we use today.

Modernization

18 Internet of Things Devices That Have No Business Being Connected to the Internet

Some activities just don’t require the internet.

Emerging Tech

DHS to Meet with Tech Companies in Silicon Valley Next Week

Applying for DHS funding and securing the Internet of Things are on the agenda.

Emerging Tech

NASA Celebrates 20 Years of Heliophysics

This spacecraft has kept an eye toward the center of our solar system.

Emerging Tech

Pentagon Watchdog: Show Us the Cost Benefit Analysis of Cloud

A forthcoming DOD IG audit may soon shed light on the extent the Pentagon and its components perform cost benefit analysis before acquiring cloud services.

Emerging Tech

The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

The competition is fierce, the key players are billionaires, but the path—and even the destination—remains uncertain.

Emerging Tech

Here’s How Your Driverless Car Will Communicate With You, According to Google

Google plans to make its cars more communicative with light-up signs, audio cues, mechanical hands, and, eery “robotic eyes".

Digital Government

DARPA Kills Program That Would Have Launched Satellites with Fighter Jets

The next-generation rocket fuel involved turned out to be a little too explosive.

Emerging Tech

Will Social Media Mavens Take Leave of Absence to Help TSA Tweet Better?

TSA is on the hunt for a few good social media experts willing to devote six months to boosting the agency's customer service social media campaign.

Emerging Tech

Out of the Mouths of Bots

What building a robot in a person's image can reveal about identity and humanity

Emerging Tech

Decrypting the Encryption Debate

The ability to encrypt and use cyphers to hide messages from unauthorized readers goes back at least as far as Roman times.