Emerging Tech
Biosensor Warns About Salmonella Before Food Hits Stores
The sensor is a rapid way for producers to know if raw and ready-to-eat food is safe.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Tests Contraption That Can Turn Any Plane Into a Robot Plane
Scientists say new ROBOpilot completed a two-hour test flight, essentially turning a manned plane into a drone.
Emerging Tech
VA Seeks to Train Staff to Use 3D Printing to Personalize Care for Patients
The agency is actively engaging stakeholders to create new opportunities for training and innovation.
Emerging Tech
'MacGyver' Robot Builds Tools with What's on Hand
For years, computer scientists and others have been working to provide robots with unconventional problem-solving abilities.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department’s New Innovation Center Will Be a Testbed for New Reactor Tech
The National Reactor Innovation Center will bring all stakeholders together to build and test—and ultimately field—new ideas in nuclear energy production.
Ideas
The Government’s Challenge Is Not Attracting Top Tech Talent—It’s Keeping It
Hiring tech talent is the beginning, not the end.
Emerging Tech
Tech Startup Brings Diabetic Ulcer Solution to Veterans Affairs Clinics
The Podimetrics SmartMat helps veterans detect the condition and highlights the power of public-private collaboration.
Emerging Tech
How Birds Perch Could Lead to Nimbler Flying Robots
It could eliminate the need for runways.
Emerging Tech
A Small Texas City Will Become the Country’s ‘Hypersonics Research Capital’
The Army Futures Command will test missiles and autonomous vehicles some 100 miles east of Austin.
Emerging Tech
Hackathon Aims to Enhance Veterans’ Care through Public-Private Innovation
To kick off a D.C. Hackathon, agency and industry insiders weighed in on driving innovation through federal collaboration.
Ideas
Building for the Future of Government When IT Modernization Isn’t Just a Technology Upgrade
It's better not to be a beta tester.
Ideas
Blockchain: Taking a Cue from History
Blockchain technology isn’t shaking out how we thought it would. So, should we pack our bags and go home?
Digital Government
CMS, USDS Pilot Unlocks Patient Data to Boost Provider Care
The project allows health care professionals to see claims information for past treatments instead of relying on patients’ memories.
Emerging Tech
How HHS Got Workforce Buy-In for Its Blockchain Pilot
The department turned to human-centric design for a proof of concept that automated logs for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Digital Government
DISA Awards 23 Small Businesses Spots on $7.5B IT Innovation Contract
The restricted pool awards come a year after large business awards, which were subsequently protested.
Podcasts
Critical Update: Containing Chernobyl
We’re joined by an engineer who helped build the final containment structure at Chernobyl, in a race against time, bureaucracy and the aftermath of the Soviet Union.
Podcasts
Critical Update: How Labor Works to Hook Its Employees
Work doesn’t have to feel like work.
Emerging Tech
DHS Small Business Innovation Research Awards 1,000th Contract
The Homeland Security Department program celebrated a small business contracting milestone this week.
Emerging Tech