What blockchain means for records management
Blockchain can ensure the integrity of electronic systems, but it raises questions about the shift from a centralized model of trust to a network-based model.
Wanted: Autonomous vehicle tech for mail delivery
The Postal Service wants information about sensor, guidance and operational technologies as well as expertise on testing and integrating the autonomous vehicle tech into its existing fleet.
Pushing spectrum boundaries
The Federal Communications Commission wants to open up a section of high-frequency spectrum for experimental use.
Chinese internet users turn to the blockchain to fight against government censorship
Truly decentralized blockchains can challenge authoritarian nations' grip over their populations, but government-friendly versions are being developed that help suppress content objectionable to the Chinese.
How's my driving? DARPA looks to self-aware autonomous systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners.
Care About Climate Change? Care About Scooters
COMMENTARY | Solving our biggest global crisis of a rapidly warming planet means considering everything through the lens of potential solutions, even something as small as the electric scooter.
Managing the Risks Inherent to Smart Cities
A new guide for non-technologists aims to help local officials avoid technology and policy pitfalls.
The Next E-Scooter Headache: Hackers
A cybersecurity firm showed they could take control of an e-scooter someone was riding from up to 100 meters.
NIST's how-to for blockchain-secured manufacturing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology outlines its early recommendations for how modern manufacturing can be secured via blockchain.
Forget Smart Cities. It’s Regions That Need to Be Smarter.
Widespread digital access and comprehensive infrastructure inventories will be the keys to regional success, according to Brookings policy experts.
FDA explores blockchain to secure drug supply chain
A Food and Drug Administration pilot is looking for technologies to verify and trace prescription drugs.
IBM launches commercial quantum computing -- we’re not ready for what comes next
As the technology landscape realigns itself, organizations may see their competitive advantages evaporate, their security schemes broken and their talent pipeline empty.
What's next for V2X spectrum?
A high-stakes policy debate among automakers, governments and telecommunications firms over the spectrum for vehicle-to-everything communications may eventually be solved by market forces.
Washington's employee wellness portal pays off
Since launching the SmartHealth program, the state has seen a 25 percent reduction in employee turnover, a 37 percent reduction in overtime and a 10 percent drop in the number of sick days taken.
We need a sweeping 3D printing agenda, now
To avoid losing 3D leadership and bring manufacturing back home, the federal government must commit to building a 3D ecosystem, creating incentives and nurturing future talent.
How blockchain-secured voting works
The West Virginia Secretary of State’s office explains how the first statewide blockchain voting pilot for overseas voters came together.
Entrepreneurs May Yet Save Us From Climate Change
COMMENTARY | Adapting to climate change will require new approaches at the local level. On the Chesapeake Bay, entrepreneurs are being incentivized to find the answers.
People don’t trust blockchain systems -- is regulation a way to help?
The jurisdictions with the best regulation -- not the ones with the least -- will attract activity.
When Regulating New Tech Harms Public Safety
COMMENTARY | Facial recognition technology is new and nascent, but not a departure from the innate abilities humans are born with. Efforts by states to limit its use harms public safety and deters innovation.
Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream
The air taxi is the Godot of technology: always on its way, never here.
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