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.

Digital Government

Will Social Media Get Obama Off the Hook on Syria?

U.S. intel report relies heavily on messages from the public and on videos to overcome America's credibility problem.

Emerging Tech

How to Win Government Contracts the EZ Way

Beta website simplifies the bidding process and opens the playing field to more competitors.

Emerging Tech

These States Are Going to Become Green Energy Powerhouses

A report has identified the most likely candidates for large scale renewable energy projects.

Emerging Tech

Scientist Claims Life on Earth Began on Mars

A Florida biochemist claims life arrived on our planet by way of a meteor.

Emerging Tech

Hippies and Libertarians Have Become Unlikely Allies in a War Against Solar Power

The strongest responses to tightening the screws on solar aren’t only coming from the traditional green community.

Digital Government

More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer

A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding.

Digital Government

Scientists Learn to Grow 'Mini' Human Brains in a Lab

A team at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Austria have developed a method for growing human brain tissue from stem cells.

Digital Government

A Scientist Used Some Electrodes, a Magnet, and a Swim Cap to Play a Video Game Using His Colleague’s Brain

Researchers at the University of Washington have completed the first experiment demonstrating human brain-to-brain communication.

Emerging Tech

NASA's Satellites Are Watching the Rim Fire Creep Into Yosemite

Nighttime images show the gradual spread of the tremendous wildfire, which is burning brighter than the city lights of Reno.

Emerging Tech

A Key Element of SOPA Is Back

And so are the petitioners on We the People, as they try to keep YouTube song covers from becoming felonies.