Emerging Tech
Pentagon to fund new ways to detect explosives
DARPA is seeking different approaches to identifying IEDs.
Emerging Tech
Claremont BioSolutions joins forces with In-Q-Tel
Company makes DNA extraction technology.
Digital Government
Bigger, better Google Ngrams: Brace yourself for the power of grammar
Updates to the online for tool for analyzing the history of language.
Emerging Tech
Twitter censors users for the first time
Following the request of local government, the company shut down an account run by neo-Nazis.
Emerging Tech
This is Google's vision of the future
The tech giant's hope for the future includes driverless cars and artificial intelligence.
Emerging Tech
Do you suffer from motion sickness? NASA has your back
The space agency is developing a nasal spray to ease motion sickness in space and on Earth.
Digital Government
Linden Lab grabs its second life with creativity games
The effort could renew government’s enthusiasm for the firm.
Emerging Tech
Feds pilot ‘rapid DNA’ to potentially identify casualties, immigrants
Portable genetic scanners spark privacy concerns.
Digital Government
Court hands huge victory to universities' digitization efforts
Universities can proceed with their efforts to scan books, not just because of the ability to search, but because of the huge benefits to blind students.
Emerging Tech
DARPA to shift away from applied battlefield tech
Agency should recommit to traditional mission of long-range research, director says.
Emerging Tech
ATLAST: The gargantuan telescope designed to find life on other planets
We finally know what kind of telescope we need to see other earth-like planets. And we're getting ready to build it.
Emerging Tech
Procurement documents show why IT reform won’t be easy
Recent experiences of Interior and HUD illustrate the challenges agencies face.
Emerging Tech
Mars Curiosity discovers evidence of alien life (Spoiler: It's us)
A foreign object in Martian soil has made the rover stop in its tracks.
Emerging Tech
What the SpaceX Dragon capture looked like from the Space Station
The delivery is the first contracted resupply mission by the company.
Emerging Tech
Pete Seeger’s digital legacy and other tech news
Maps move to high security clouds; GSA pushes Web analytics.
Emerging Tech