Emerging Tech
Air Force to Build New Center to Study and Enhance Directed Energy Capabilities
Experts expect the technology to play a major role in some future weapon systems.
Emerging Tech
Health Agency Seeks Feedback on Personal Protective Technology Hub
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is looking for innovative ideas to maximize the protection different types of gear offers in different industry sectors.
Ideas
Are You Really Smart, or Is It Just Google?
“We’re seeing that people even forget that they googled a question,” a researcher said.
Emerging Tech
Better Touch Screens Could Let You Feel Stuff Before You Buy It
The goal is for the screen to mimic textures.
Emerging Tech
DIU’s First 5G Experiment Could Be a Game-Changer for First Responders
The Defense Innovation Unit is prototyping portable—and wearable—networking tools with the California National Guard so they can connect anywhere.
Artificial Intelligence
To Make the Most of Exoskeletons, Training Really Matters
With practice, wearers might forget they're getting help.
Artificial Intelligence
Experts Call for a U.S. National Technology Strategy as Competition Heats Up with China
There’s much to be considered as ‘what could be one of the most disruptive periods in human history’ approaches.
Emerging Tech
GAO Study Stresses Need for Steady Funding of Quantum Tech
A report highlights the risks and benefits of federal investment in quantum computing and other technologies, but stresses collaboration and steady funding.
Emerging Tech
DIY 'Smart' White Cane Works Like a Self-Driving Car
The cane uses a LIDAR sensor to measure distance to nearby obstacles and then directs users around those areas.
Emerging Tech
Bill Would Direct NASA to Design Next-Generation Spacesuits
If passed, the work would unfold in Texas.
Ideas
Directed Energy Weapons Shoot Painful but Non-Lethal Beams – Are Similar Weapons Behind the Havana Syndrome?
In 2020, a study on Havana syndrome by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine concluded that the more than 130 victims experienced some real physical phenomena.
Emerging Tech
DOD Funds HBCUs to Advance Biotechnology and Materials Science Research
New Centers of Excellence will house an array of future-facing studies.
Digital Government
How NIH’s Research-Driving, Centralized Hub for COVID-19 Patient Data is Evolving
Scientists are drawing insights via an enclave of patient records from 7.6 million individuals.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Looks to Kaiju for Advanced Anti-Aircraft Countermeasures
Project Kaiju—expected in January—will include nine efforts named after famous giant monsters.
Emerging Tech
Army Researchers Turn to DOD Supercomputers to Digitally Twin Gas Turbine Engine
It could lead to “disruptive new engine designs,” an engineer involved said.
Ideas
Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – but Probably Not the Ones You Think
The Tesla Bot comes with a whole portfolio of risks that are hard to quantify and easy to overlook and yet inevitably end up tripping up innovators.
Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers Push Agencies to Establish U.S.-Israel Artificial Intelligence Center
Congress would put forth millions to fund the newly proposed collaboration.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Are Using New Satellite Tech to Find Glow-in-the-Dark Milky Seas of Maritime Lore
For centuries, sailors have told tales of huge swaths of ocean glowing on dark nights.
Ideas
These 3 Energy Storage Technologies Can Help Solve the Challenge of Moving to 100% Renewable Electricity
Energy storage can make facilities like solar farms more profitable by letting them store power for cloudy days.
Artificial Intelligence