Emerging Tech

Meet the Next-Generation Bus

Imagine: instead of stopping for gas, a bus that could recharge while at a red light.

Digital Government

One Map, A World of Temperatures

Microclimates and macro-, blended together in a gorgeous app

Digital Government

Contractors Race to Launch Armed Drones From Small Ships

Northrop and Carter Aviation tapped in $9 million effort; no expensive aircraft carrier required.

Emerging Tech

FEMA Wants Better Hurricane Alerts for People With Disabilities

The agency is interested in handicapped-accessible options for mobile and social media during disasters too.

Emerging Tech

Government Job Training: From the Mundane to 'The Matrix'

Virtual reality is making training more interactive and easier to do from a distance.

Emerging Tech

3 Thoughts on the White House's Last-Minute Call for Transparency Input

Updated National Action Plan for Open Government is due in a month.

Digital Government

Monitoring the Spreading Radiation From Fukushima in Real Time

A searchable map for the country updates every ten minutes with data from the Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

Emerging Tech

China Could Become the First Country to Legalize Parcel Delivery by Drone

One of China's biggest delivery companies is hoping to access remote areas with drone technology.

Cybersecurity

Your Heartbeat: The Ultimate in Password Protection?

The makers of a new device hope to replace Fluffy123 with the unique rhythm of your heart.

Modernization

The Triumph of the Tablet

The summer of 2013 has been, in many ways, the summer of the iPad.

Digital Government

Anyone Can Take Pictures of You From a Satellite and There’s Nothing You Can Do About it

Changes in technologies raise questions about who is using satellite imagery and what are they using it for.

Emerging Tech

Old Payphones as Electric Car Charging Stations?

New York City official calls it 'a great idea we should absolutely entertain.'

Emerging Tech

The Wireless Network With a Mile Range That the 'Internet of Things' Could Be Built on

Flutter, a Wi-Fi alternative, offers a glimpse into the future -- or something close to it.

Emerging Tech

What Do HHS Employees Really Think? Agency Will Pay Data Miners to Find Out

HHS wants a contractor to monitor internal social network to glean employee sentiments.

Modernization

Analysis: Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments

Why educational technologies should be more like graphing calculators and less like iPads. An Object Lesson.

Digital Government

How Lasers Will Give the U.S. East Coast Precise New Post-Sandy Maps

The survey will kickoff the most revolutionary American mapping project in a century.