Emerging Tech

U.S. Mint Wants to Modernize its Lucrative Commemorative Coin Business

The new system should be equipped for emerging customer relations tools such as mobile and online chat.

Emerging Tech

Twitter Diplomacy Hits the Big Time

The Egyptian president tweeted angrily at the U.S. embassy Tuesday for promoting a Daily Show riff that criticized him.

Modernization

Aggregating Cell Phone Data in Search of the 'Pulse of the Planet'

Universal mobility patterns we haven't fully understood before could soon come into view.

Emerging Tech

NASA Establishes a Sustainability Base on Earth

The Ames Research Center facility serves as a living laboratory for advancements in intelligent energy systems.

Emerging Tech

Agencies Get Green Light to Use Six-Second Video Sharing Site

GSA wants to offer early access to Vine.

Digital Government

What’s Keeping Your Doctor Off Twitter

Not all doctors are eager to hop on the social media wagon.

Emerging Tech

The First Direct Image of a Two-Sun System

Twenty years ago, humans had never identified a single planet outside our own solar system. Now we have pictures.

Digital Government

Scientists Just Made Bacteria That Love Coffee as Much as You Do

Scientists have created synthetic bacteria that need caffeine to live and reproduce.

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin Is Now a Billion Dollar Industry

It's unclear why the nationless virtual currency is skyrocketing in value.

Emerging Tech

Flying California to New York on 12,000 Solar Cells

'Maybe it’s not the easiest way to fly, but it’s the most fabulous way to fly.'

Emerging Tech

US Renewable Energy Production Now Tops Nuclear Power

Electricity production from nuclear power plants fell 4% of the US' total energy production.

Emerging Tech

Why Driverless Cars Are 'Probably' Legal

A recent legal paper makes the case that existing laws don't prohibit automated vehicles.

Emerging Tech

The Doll That Helped the Soviets Beat the US to Space

Meet Ivan Ivanovich, the mannequin who beta tested space.

Emerging Tech

How the Internet Is Making Us Poor

The replacement of knowledge workers with software, a decades-old trend, is starting to show in economic data.