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
The Real Plan for Google Glass May Be To Sell It to Businesses, Not Consumers
The indications are that the main customers for new tech may be big businesses.
Emerging Tech
The Bitcoin of Governance Could Be Coming Soon
Bitgov enables citizens to vote on legislation anywhere and anytime.
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