Emerging Tech
Video: Robotic Exoskeleton turns everyday Houseplants Into Cyborgs
The IndaPlant project aims to create the world’s first “faunaborg.”
Emerging Tech
New Tool Could Free Syrian Rebels From Reliance on State Internet
The Commotion project also kept some Brooklynites online during Hurricane Sandy when larger Internet providers were overloaded.
Digital Government
Getting to the Right Relationship Between Doctors and Drug Companies
There is a way to cultivate, not demonize, collaboration between physicians and pharma.
Digital Government
Surveillance Tech Fills a Void for Cash-Strapped Cities
Municipal police forces are shrinking.
Emerging Tech
Human Trafficking Hotlines Offer Help and Data
Aggregated information can tell police about new trafficking patterns and hot spots.
Cybersecurity
It’s Not Just About China and America—Smaller Countries Want to Wage Cyberwar too
Great Britain and France are jumping on the cyber bandwagon.
Digital Government
Most Data Isn’t 'Big,' and Businesses Are Wasting Money Pretending It Is
Even web giants like Facebook and Yahoo generally aren’t dealing with big data.
Emerging Tech
It's Not So Easy to 3D Print a Gun
Plans for 3D printed weapon, the Liberator, were downloaded 50,000 times yesterday.
Emerging Tech
How a Startup Will Stream Video from Space Without Paying for a Satellite
The company struck a deal with a Russian contractor to install cameras on the International Space Station.
Emerging Tech
Blind Agency Attorney Sues CBP Over Tech Access
Lawsuit claims years of inaccessible IT kept lawyer from promotion.
Digital Government
Agriculture Department Considers Data-Driven Nutrition Assistance
Officials could use the database to make smarter decisions and improve state and federal cooperation.
Modernization
$1 Billion in Bitcoin Was Traded in April—16 Times the Previous Record
Just a month prior, only $60 million in bitcoin was traded.
Cybersecurity
The Worst Possible Cybersecurity Breaches Could Be Far Worse Than You Imagined
How much damage could a group of well-trained hackers do, economic and otherwise, if they really wanted to?
Emerging Tech
Awesome Spaceship that Discovered Hundreds of New Planets May Soon Be Space Junk
The Kepler spacecraft started its mission from Florida in 2009, but the it may not last much longer.
Modernization
Ghana’s ISPs Are Dying Out Because the Mobile Web Is Booming
Ghana boasts Africa’s highest penetration of mobile broadband, at 23% of the population in 2011.
Digital Government
What We Don't Know About the Deadly New SARS-like Virus
The disease has a mortality rate to 16 deaths among 24 known infections.
Emerging Tech
Take Off Your Rose-Colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The Entire World Won’t Have Internet by 2020
There's a reason to think complete global connectivity is a longer ways off.
Emerging Tech
Technology Is the Key to Combatting Child Sex Trade, White House Says
Traffickers rely on Web tools; police should do the same, fed CIO says.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Takes a Hit as NASA Chooses Russia’s Space Agency Instead
Blaming budget cuts, the U.S. space agency has inked a deal for Roscosmos to ferry six astronauts to the International Space Station.
Digital Government