TSA ramps up CT scans for carry-on bags
Transportation Security Administration looks to get 2,000 computed tomography scanners into U.S. airports in the next five years.
Making AI-based language learning easy as child's play
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to build an automated language acquisition system that learns language the way children do -- extracting meaning from hearing sounds while observing the environment.
Want to Address Food Insecurity in Your Community? There's an App For That.
How a county housing authority partnered with a tech nonprofit to deliver food to vulnerable residents.
Federal 100: Emerging tech leaders
With their work in blockchain, game theory, automation, drones, artificial intelligence and quantum encryption, this year's Federal 100 winners show where government is headed.
Army wants ground-penetrating radar for drones
Mounted on unmanned aerial and land vehicles, the lightweight radar-on-a-chip technology could expand the military's ability to map the shapes, sizes and features of objects in the environment.
How agencies tap VR/AR for knowledge transfer
Using scenarios built from interviews of staff readying for retirement, agencies can pass experiential knowledge to younger workers.
Why some counties are powerhouses for innovation
Locales with research universities and a large proportion of college-educated people tend to attract more high-tech investment, but there are other ways regions can become centers of innovation.
What Self-Driving Cars Mean For Seniors and the Suburbs
The U.S. Conference of Mayors vice president focuses on getting his community excited for the “human aspect” of the disruptive technology.
Big Tech Must Help Cities Bridge The Divide
COMMENTARY | The two should view each other as "co-creators, sharing tools and information," according to the head of Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities.
HHS investigates blockchain for securing log files
The HHS Division of Acquisition is working on a pilot to secure system logs required by the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Unlocking the black box of AI reasoning
Research with generative adversarial networks may explain how neural networks learn and make decisions.
Marching toward intra-soldier wireless
Intra-soldier wireless communications would connect various soldier-borne equipment so warfighters can better access and share situational awareness information.
Sharing as a Solution in Cities with Limited Resources
COMMENTARY | Car sharing, the gig economy and vehicle electrification are all colliding in Austin. The result is lower emissions and economic opportunities.
CFTC chairman calls for light touch on blockchain regulation
Today's rapidly changing financial environment calls for a light regulatory touch when it comes to distributed ledger technologies, says the chief of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Autonomous drones can help search and rescue after disasters
Researchers are working on developing technology that mimics the behavior of a human rescuer, looking briefly at wide areas and quickly choosing specific regions to examine more closely.
Streamlining trade with emerging tech
Commercial shipping companies met with Customs and Border Protection's officials to discuss transformative technologies that can address the modern international trade environment.
Defending against drone swarms
The Defense Innovation Unit is on the lookout for a system to detect, identify and mitigate attacks from swarms of drones.
A Startup Wants to Turn Your City’s Trash Into a Heap of Big Data
One company hopes to create an “Internet of Garbage,” with the promise to bring better logistics to municipal waste.
Smartphones replicate 3D objects for virtual reality
Researchers have developed software for a standard smartphone that can create 3D images for augmented and virtual reality applications.
DARPA's plan to jump-start quantum computing
The idea is for a hybrid concept that combines intermediate-sized quantum devices with classical systems to solve combinatorial optimization problems like logistics.
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