Digital Government
Navy looks for a way to warn pilots of oxygen deprivation
Office of Naval Research wants to develop a hypoxia warning system.
Emerging Tech
Defining the 'We' in the declaration of Internet freedom
Left unsaid in a high-profile new document about Internet's principles is whose interests it represents--and how they'll be backed.
Emerging Tech
Faster than a speeding bullet: Pentagon wants to fly anywhere in under an hour
DARPA considers flight technology 20 times the speed of sound.
Digital Government
In past four years, universities began preserving the web
But while home pages are being archived, social media collections lag.
Emerging Tech
Aerospace company seeks to bolster signal processing toolkit
ITT Exelis buys Space Computer Corp., whose customers include defense agencies.
Emerging Tech
Air Force plans ‘see-and-avoid’ system for drones
System of sensors and software will help pilots avoid collisions.
Emerging Tech
Even robots need to become more energy efficient
DARPA seeks technology to keep robots on the battlefield longer.
Digital Government
Illegal software export helped China develop its first attack helicopter
U.S. military contractor’s Canadian subsidiary took a calculated risk, documents show.
Cybersecurity
Intel acquires heartbeat biometric-sensing company
IDesia Biometrics products can uniquely identify you by your heartbeat.
Digital Government
Inside the bureaucracy that crippled Microsoft
Recently obtained emails reveal the top-down company culture that stifled innovation.
Digital Government
Video: How drones misidentify targets; a retired general speaks
He warns that their operators lack important context, and gives a chilling example from the field.
Digital Government
In report, Twitter lists zero cases where it has removed content in response to government requests
But requests from copyright-holders resulted in the deletion of more than 5,000 tweets.
Emerging Tech
Consumer groups: Privacy meetings favor D.C.
Groups that aren't based in the area may not have the resources or time to send representatives to D.C. every time there is a meeting, the groups say.
Digital Government
This declaration of Internet freedom is vague
At fewer than 100 words, the declaration's length seems itself to be an attack on the anti-Internet contingent.
Digital Government
Pentagon dishes out funding for rapid manufacturing technologies
Boeing nabs a $3.7 million DARPA contract.
Emerging Tech
Hands-free camera maker Looxcie inks In-Q-Tel deal
Devices will be developed for Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.
Modernization
How students scoop the Feds on online privacy violations
Google was secretly planting cookies on a vast number of iPhone browsers and college students found out the program.
Digital Government
National lab, IBM team up on supercomputer initiative
Aim is to crunch huge amounts of data to improve private sector competitiveness.
Emerging Tech
Eye on crime: The FBI is building a database of iris scans
The bureau is tapping into the proliferation of biometric data state and local law enforcement agencies are collecting.
Emerging Tech