Emerging Tech
Crowdfunding Everything From Solar Panels to Veronica Mars
A growing number of online companies help connect entrepreneurs and borrowers with investors and donors.
Emerging Tech
Boston Bombing Aftermath Documented on Vine
The six-second video site has become an outlet for grief in the wake of the bombings.
Emerging Tech
Social Media Aids First Responders and Grieving Public After Bombing
Vine was the new revelation during this disaster; Google glasses could be the story of the next tragedy.
Emerging Tech
The Boston Marathon Bombers Were Probably Caught on Camera
And they can be found. But it will take no small effort.
Digital Government
We're One Step Closer to On-Demand Organ Transplants
Scientists say they have successfully "grown" a kidney in a laboratory environment and transplanted it back into a healthy animal.
Digital Government
Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games DoD Plays
An insider's look at why ethics, policy, and law matter to current and future warfare.
Digital Government
The SSA Employee Behind All the Great Data on Baby Name Popularity
Michael Shackleford was determined to avoid giving his child a common name.
Digital Government
How Boston Police Could Examine Videos From the Boston Bombing
Forensic video analysis remains a time-consuming, human task.
Emerging Tech
Social Media Plays Role in Response to Marathon Bombing
Events are unfolding on the ground and online.
Digital Government
The Health IT Performance Challenge
Today’s regulatory landscape requires systems that incorporate sophisticated clinical decision support.
Emerging Tech
Your Itemized Federal Tax Receipt
How much did you invest in renewable energy research last year?
Digital Government
How Kaggle Is Changing How We Work
Like it or not, hyper-efficient job markets are on their way.
Modernization
Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in Bitcoin
There’s one country where people probably won’t need much persuading to join the bit-craze.
Digital Government
The Question of Whether We Can Patent Genes Heads to the Supreme Court
Does the centuries' old method for protecting intellectual property still apply when the invention comes straight out of the human body?
Emerging Tech
Google Death: A Tool to Take Care of Your Gmail When You're Gone
For years people have been urged to create a social-media will for themselves. Now Google has made doing so very easy.
Digital Government
Big Data Can Help Keep the Peace
Social media and cell traffic yield early warning signs of violence.
Emerging Tech
All of the U.S. Energy Capacity Added in March Was Solar — 44 Megawatts
Renewable energy was 82% of first quarter new capacity.
Modernization
Intel and Baidu Join Forces as They Scramble to Keep Up with Mobile Growth
The two companies plan to develop software for China’s mobile internet market.
Emerging Tech
EPA Nominee Declines Comment on Controversial Nuclear Incident Guide
Document references IAEA guidelines suggesting intervention is not needed until drinking water is contaminated with radioactive iodine 131 at a concentration of 81,000 picocuries per liter.
Digital Government