Emerging Tech
How Can Luddite Adults Help Digital-Savvy Teens?
The digital-first generation's parents can teach some things.
Emerging Tech
31 Percent of Kenya’s GDP is Spent Through Mobile Phones
Mobile payment system M-Pesa has 19 million customers in the African nation.
Emerging Tech
Open Source Software is Common at DHS
It's reliable and integrated throughout the agency’s portfolio, CIO Richard Spires says.
Emerging Tech
Imagine an Aircraft Carrier Made Out of ... Robots
Next up: autonomous boats for maritime disasters
Emerging Tech
How NASA Scientists Are Turning L.A. Into One Big Climate-Change Lab
Scientists have been probing the city's airspace for more than a year, as part of an interagency initiative called the Megacities Carbon Project.
Modernization
Here Comes the Parade of Computing Interfaces That Want to Replace the Touchscreen
Over the next six months or so, we're going to see an explosion of new ways of interacting with computers, televisions, and mobile devices.
Digital Government
The Loophole That Keeps Precarious Medical Devices in Use
Devices such as AEDs remain in a grandfathered status that allows them to bypass important regulation
Emerging Tech
Meet the Former NASA Scientist Who's Teaching Coloradans How to Grow Marijuana Legally
Dale J. Chamberlain's High Altitude School of Hydroponics (HASH) courses are specifically designed to comply with Colorado's new cannabis law.
Emerging Tech
Better 3D-Printed Guns Will Not Wait for Congress — or the NRA
Defense Distributed is looking to provide blueprints for firearms that can be created with 3D printers.
Emerging Tech
Coolest Thing About Learning to Code Is Getting a Job
Code.org has released a promotional video filled with celebrities saying: learn code and you too can work in a hip Silicon Valley office.
Emerging Tech
Government Map Site to Get Springtime Upgrade
Revamped Geoplatform.gov will include mapping communities and allow agencies to host their mapping applications on the site.
Emerging Tech
Sequestration Could Hurt Research on New Data Analysis Tools
White House wants to make results of studies more available to the public.
Digital Government
Big Data Is Leading Scientists to Ask Bigger Questions
Scientists often need to interpret much larger data sets to drive discoveries.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Nuclear Lab Ready to Shelve Costly Facility Plan
The laboratory would instead permanently parcel out work to an array of smaller buildings.
Digital Government
Can America code its way to more factories?
Software is eating manufacturing right in front of us.
Emerging Tech
White House Will Respond to Petition to Re-legalize Unlocking Cellphones
Petitioners are also sounding off about the Pentagon’s decision to give medals to drone pilots.
Emerging Tech
Google Will Finally Release a Device Apple Doesn't Make: A Touchscreen Laptop
The machine will be powered by the Chrome operating system.
Digital Government
Astronauts on the ISS Have Trouble With Work-Life Balance, Too
The good news: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time. The bad: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time.
Modernization
'Bring Your Own Bandwidth' Means a Future of Ultra-Cheap Calls
Republic Wireless is selling a phone that will carry out all of its functions over WiFi.
Digital Government