Emerging Tech
A New Joystick For the Brain-Controlled Vehicles Of the Future
An innovative sensor strip promises a far better way to connect human brains to machines.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Intro Bill to Enhance Not-Yet-Revived Office of Technical Assessment
A group of House and Senate lawmakers want the office to be more responsive and transparent, assuming funding to reinstate it gets through the appropriations process.
Emerging Tech
FDA Unveils Next Step on its Journey to Develop a Safer Food System
Insiders say it’s time to leverage emerging technologies and innovative approaches to strengthen and protect food traceability across America.
Emerging Tech
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Eyes Tech Sprints to Accelerate Advancements
The hope is to rapidly identify technological solutions for the agency’s toughest problems.
Emerging Tech
The Air Force Will Start Work on Flying Cars This Fall
It’s about replacing the V-22, eventually. But it’s also about finding new ways to harness commercial innovation.
Emerging Tech
How Silicon Valley Maintains its Competitive Edge
Historian Margaret O’Mara talks about her new book The Code and how Silicon Valley has maintained its competitive edge in high tech.
Digital Government
GEAR Center’s First Projects Focus on Government’s Perennial Workforce Issues
The research center’s first challenge winners aim to fill government openings with alternative talent and beef up the workforce’s data skills.
Emerging Tech
Air Force to Spend $31M to Research How Lasers, Energy Weapons Affect Operators
The service awarded a research contract to General Dynamics IT to gain insights into how directed energy weapons affect the humans using them.
Digital Government
For DOD, Innovation Isn’t the Problem. So What Is?
Three officials from varying military offices focused on innovation asserted that the department’s research and development game is strong, it’s the follow-through that causes problems.
Emerging Tech
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Usher in ‘Second Bold Era’ of Science and Technology
The administration’s lead budget and science policy shops released an outline of funding priorities to maintain America’s competitiveness through research and development of new technologies.
Artificial Intelligence
Patent Office Wants Public Feedback on Artificial Intelligence Inventions
The agency will accept comments for 45 days.
Emerging Tech
New Rule Will Let Energy’s Labs Show Off Latest Tech To Attract Industry
The Energy Department has a mandate to push new technologies into the private sector. A new rule allows the labs to hold demos to get industry excited.
Ideas
Don't Ban New Technologies – Experiment with Them Carefully
Asking for forgiveness instead of permission has its place.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Is Turning to Nature to Solve Its Most Complex Problems
DARPA is exploring ways to harness chemical reactions, biological processes and other natural phenomena to build a more efficient computer.
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.
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