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Smart Cities Can Get Smarter in Protecting Residents
COMMENTARY | As cities and residents race to become more connected, we must consider how to protect public and private digital property.
State drone operations on the rise
A new survey of state transportation departments highlights the rapid deployment of drone technologies and growing demand for a highly trained workforce required to manage them.
Don’t Be Afraid of a Cashless Future
COMMENTARY | City ordinances requiring businesses to accept cash payments to protect the poor are missing the larger picture.
DARPA vs. the mosquito
New technology would temporarily modify skin microbiome to reduce attraction of disease-causing mosquitos.
Baking blockchain into IT services
By making blockchain a piece of middleware or a microservice, other applications can call a distributed-ledger function for asset management, identity management and smart contracts, a new IDC report says.
AF Research Lab pushes implants for biomonitoring
The Air Force Research Lab and a biosensor startup have developed an implanted sensor that would allow medical personnel to continuously monitor troops for indications of a potential illness.
AF Research Lab pushes implants for biomonitoring
The Air Force Research Lab and a biosensor startup have developed an implanted sensor that would allow medical personnel to continuously monitor troops for indications of a potential illness.
IoT faces implementation, security concerns
To deploy and secure internet-of-things networks, execs are blending traditional strategies and new technologies like blockchain, according to a recent survey.
Questions About City Services? In These Places, Turn to Alexa.
Increasing numbers of state and local governments are allowing residents to query Amazon's Alexa for information about services and sometimes even make requests.
The Town That Extended 'Smart Growth' to Its Water
As Western states grapple with drought, Westminster, Colorado, has become a model for its integration of water data into the planning process.
Scooters Did Take Over Last Year
A new report shows use of electric scooters surged past docked bike share.
DARPA takes autopilot to a new level
The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System features a customizable, drop-in kit that would allow advanced automation to be easily added to existing aircraft.
Keeping public health ahead of epidemics with blockchain
The Food and Drug Administration built a cloud-based, customizable blockchain system that securely shares data on medical treatments used during epidemics and chemical or biological disasters in real time.
How blockchain can improve public safety
The technology can improve the way agencies handle their most sensitive evidence and data, enhance interagency cooperation and promote greater public trust in the integrity of investigations.
Emerging tech needs enough runway to take off, experts say
Focusing too much on the hypothetical potential of technologies like quantum computing could ultimately hinder their development.
AI-enabled drone teams to speed search and rescue
Researchers at Virginia Tech are working to inject machine learning into search and rescue protocols and optimize autonomous, multi-drone teams to make searches more effective.
Mapping the Digital Curb
A data mobility company released an open-data initiative that maps the physical features of curbs in six cities, with the goal of reducing congestion and improving accessibility.
AI may read soldiers' intents, anticipate their needs
Brain activity could be harnessed to optimize a performance of a human-machine team, according to an ARL researcher.
AI-enhanced situational awareness for the battlefield
The Army Research Laboratory is working on incorporating artificial intelligence into drones and thermal recognition tech to give warfighters increased situational awareness.
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