Emerging Tech

Why the Market for 3D Printing Will Triple in Five Years

Wall Street is starting to wake up to the potential of the new technology.

Digital Government

How Drones Are Helping Peru Save Its Ancient Temples, Pyramids and Cities

They can map the country's historic sites faster than humans, while also monitoring the areas for intruders.

Digital Government

A Database of 3D Fossils, Ready for You to Explore and Print

What's better than looking a picture of an ancient trilobite? Printing an ancient trilobite.

Emerging Tech

Google Is Laying the Groundwork to Build its Own Self-Driving Car—Without a Major Auto Manufacturer as Partner

The tech giant wants to have the first self-driving cars available to private citizens in California by 2017.

Digital Government

All the Hurricanes of the Past 170 Years, Mapped

See where 11,967 cyclones overlap in space in this fascinating look at the planet's most powerful storms.

Cybersecurity

Contractors Are Now Using Encrypted Calls and Texts for Legal Advice

To protect information, intellectual property lawyers are encouraging secure attorney-client correspondence.

Digital Government

Scientists Are Scouring the Globe for Mystery Bacteria to Help Reduce Our Dependence on Fertilizer

Researchers will travel from Germany to Hawaii and beyond looking for a needle in a haystack.

Modernization

Think Google Glass Invades Your Privacy? Here’s a Wristband that Records Audio 24 Hours a Day

Audio-recording device, Kapture, will go live on Kickstarter next month.

Digital Government

Explore the London Underground With This Awesome 3-D Simulation

"Mind the Gap" takes advantage of open data to present a rotating, zoomable, ambient-noise-inflected model of London's train system.

Emerging Tech

How Robots in Outer Space Are Influencing the Cars of the Future

If engineers can build bots that can land themselves on Mars, surely they can produce less sophisticated systems for our vehicles.

Emerging Tech

Fuel Cells Are Ready for Military Use, and Soon Maybe for Your Home Too

Mainstream use could dramatically cut energy consumption.

Emerging Tech

Wireless Robots to Comb Illicit Tucson Tunnels for Drugs

A self-erecting, stair-climbing robot with an arm will scout for drugs along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Emerging Tech

How Much Good Will Facebook's Internet-for-Everyone Plan Do?

Social media giant and telecom companies are trying to connect 4 billion.

Cybersecurity

Postal Service Taps Canadian Firm To Test Viability of a Single Online ID

The contract with SecureKey aims to help agencies rely on third-party ID verifiers.

Digital Government

Egypt Is Literally Killing its Tech Visionaries

Silminds co-founder Assem El-Gamal and MiMV’s Managing Director Amr Abd El-Rahman were both shot at the Rabaa protest.

Emerging Tech

3D Printing Goes Mainstream Retail

Just another day at UPS: Photocopy the ol' resume, ship back shoes to Zappos, print a car part.

Modernization

And Finally, the 3D Fax Machine—but Why Would You Want One?

The all-in-one desktop 3D printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine will hit Kickstarter soon.

Modernization

Can We Trust Google With the Stratosphere?

Project Loon is Google's plan to bring Internet to places that don't have it. It's also Google's plan to put its unmanned aerial vehicles all over the globe.