Modernization
Video: This Stick Crams a Windows PC Into the Palm of Your Hand
Great things come in small packages.
Digital Government
GSA to Host Data-Infused Hackathon
Participants will be tasked with designing innovative tools to improve data collection at GSA and other agencies.
Emerging Tech
Super Strong Mini Robots Can Haul Up to 2,000 Times Their Weight
These tiny robots' feats of strength are equivalent to a human dragging a blue whale across land.
Digital Government
What Good Is a Video You Can't See?
Police body cameras are meant to be a tool of public accountability. But even experts can't agree on how to make sure that happens.
Emerging Tech
Agencies Often Lack Strong Authentication and it’s a Big Problem
Agencies reported nearly 70,000 cyberincidents in fiscal 2014, a 15 percent bump up from the previous year.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want a Few Good Hackers to Help Bring Congress into the 21st Century
Next week, Hack4Congress will bring together a wide array of participants to help solve challenges that could make Congress function more efficiently.
Digital Government
3-D Microscope Uses Virtual Reality to Let You Explore a Molecule
Nanotronics Imaging has created a new system, called nVisible, that lets anyone walk through a three-dimensional, digital visualization of a microscopic landscape, using a virtual reality headset.
Emerging Tech
Innovation in Federal IT? Sorry, Not in the Budget This Year
A new survey, not surprisingly, finds “budget limitations” are the top barrier to new IT adoption.
Digital Government
Video: Democratizing Data
How the open data revolution is really a part of something larger.
Modernization
The Unbelievable Power of Amazon's Cloud
The company's Web Services—which undergird Netflix, Healthcare.gov, and Spotify—might be the single most important piece of technology to the modern tech boom.
Digital Government
The Next Step in Health IT? Virtual Doctors Visits
Congressional interest in telehealth legislation is building.
Modernization
Here Are the Agency Websites Google Doesn’t Think are Mobile Friendly
Bad news for some dot-govs: Google will now rank websites based on their mobile friendliness.
Emerging Tech
Video: These Specs Are Crazier Than Google Glass
Take a first look at Mini's Augmented Vision goggles.
Emerging Tech
Intelligent Windows, Self-Repairing Concrete and Other Inventions that Could Change the World
The European Patent Office has announced its finalists for the 2015 European Inventor Awards, honoring brilliant inventions from a range of scientific fields.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley Startup Wants to Make Breast Cancer-Gene Testing Affordable to All Americans
Color Genomics has raised $15 million in funding to have all American women get access to a test for 19 gene mutations responsible of increasing cancer risk.
Modernization
Amazon Is About to Reveal One of its Biggest Secrets—the Size of its Cloud Business
Now, some nine years after its launch, AWS has grown large enough that Amazon will start to report its revenue and profitability as a separate business segment.
Emerging Tech
Martha Dorris Moves Positions at GSA
The longtime fed will become the director of GSA’s Office of Strategic Programs within GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services.
Digital Government
Video: The Impact of Data-Driven, Evidence-Based Government
Government is beginning to wake up to the data revolution.
Emerging Tech