San José Innovation Challenge Leads to Graffiti-Cleaning Drone
The next round of the contest will look at how the city can improve the way it orders evacuations ahead of serious flooding.
Harvey puts drones in the spotlight
The use of quick, agile and easily launched drones allowed for safer and more efficient recovery operations.
Disaster Risk and Economic Growth Create Uncomfortable Questions for Civic Boosters
ANALYSIS: Suitors seeking Amazon’s 2nd headquarters should ask themselves: How resilient is their city or region?
From the workbench to the sky: 3-D printed drones
Nibbler, the Marines' 3-D printed drone, can be controlled by a smartphone, tablet or radio and customized for carrying ammunition, gathering intelligence and conducting surveillance.
Smart Cities Really Just Want to Be More Marketable
And that means rapidly improving overlooked infrastructure in the urban areas millennials are targeting for relocation.
AI starts with good, clean data
Before deploying artificial intelligence technology, agencies must take the time to standardize and deduplicate their data.
NASA wants to send a computer to the moon
The space agency is looking for a basic radiation-tolerant computer that can process and store data while on the surface of the moon.
The Next Step in Kansas City’s Push to Become a ‘Smart City’
In the months ahead, local government leaders plan to build upon technology now deployed along the downtown streetcar line.
How to verify a 3-D printed object
As additive manufacturing expands, researchers have developed ways to double check the authenticity of models that are printed by third parties.
Government ventures into AI
Early adopters are using artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies to save time and money by answering common questions from the public and searching for patterns that could reduce maintenance costs.
When AI comes to the office: Managing change, building trust
Before artificial intelligence makes its way into government offices, agencies must lay the groundwork for culture change.
How to make robots that we can trust
Trustability requires that humans can verify decisions made by autonomous systems.
Teaching drones to dogfight
Teams from Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School tested the dogfighting skills of their swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Unwanted drones, cellular outages complicate Harvey response
Challenges from unauthorized drones in the air over the hurricane disaster zone and telecommunications outages are complicating response efforts as Harvey churns through Texas.
Airbnb Activates Disaster Program in Advance of Hurricane Harvey’s Landfall
Prepping free housing for evacuees and relief workers, the company’s network in the “cone of impact” includes more than 30,000 members and hosts.
Tech that's worth the hype
Gartner's hype cycle, which shows the maturation level and likely adoption of innovations, helps IT leaders better manage the deployment of new and existing technologies.
Openness Is Critical for Smart Cities
Cities need the flexibility to choose solutions that best fit their infrastructure and don’t limit their future options for innovation.
Collaborating to Close Silicon Valley’s ‘Homework Gap’
A new partnership in San José plans to distribute free mobile hotspots to 1 million low-income students over five years.
Mining emergency calls to improve responses
Powered by IBM's Watson, APCO IntelliComm will analyze emergency calls and give public-safety directors feedback for modifying training or response materials.
Self-improvement for autonomous systems
DARPA wants to leverage machine learning to help self-piloting systems teach themselves to become safer.
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