Emerging Tech
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land. -
As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up.
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The website for VivaSLO.org launched in January after several months of development by Shower the People, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to bringing free hygiene services to the county’s homeless population.
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The use of facial recognition technology is being debated in communities across the country, including in Massachusetts, where some local officials have taken regulating the technology upon themselves.
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The Northern Indiana Public Service Company will deploy small unmanned aircraft systems to identify any repair or maintenance that's needed on its energy infrastructure throughout Northwest Indiana.
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Due to new technology’s inherent likelihood to leave segments of the population behind, experts and stakeholders say government must work to ensure small-cell network rollouts benefit the whole of communities.
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Thermal-imaging cameras are the latest tool in the kit of Glendale firefighters. The technology allows the first responders to see body heat through thick smoke that might otherwise conceal an incapacitated victim.
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Transit agencies in several cities have partnered with Via to provide curb-to-curb micro-transit. The idea behind these partnerships is to reduce barriers created by gaps in more traditional options.
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Alto, a small rideshare with roughly 10,000 active subscribers, is expanding in its home city and pushing into another Texas city and California. The company wants to operate in 15 large U.S. metro areas in 3 to 4 years.
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A partnership among Virginia DOT, Virginia Tech, Audi and Qualcomm will introduce connected vehicle technologies for Audi drivers in northern Virginia. Participants hope the technology will help save lives on roadways.
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Operators of scooters and other rent-to-ride mobility devices are likely to have more substantive conversations with cities around issues like infrastructure, data analysis, sustainability and safety.
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The Center of Ethics, Society and Computing has been unveiled by the University of Michigan, with a mission to intervene when digital media and tech replicate inequality, exclusion, deception, racism or sexism.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has given a small company in New York the green light to begin spraying crops with drones, and the company plans to begin offering a crop-spraying service in that state this spring.
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The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office has purchased 20 new machines that they are using to incinerate drug needles in seconds, and they're called SANDD — Sharps and Needles Destruction Device.
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Nearly 1,000 of the devices will be distributed throughout the state’s 53 counties in February. Officials say the tablets will speed up voter check-ins and enhance polling place security.
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A new undertaking by the North Central Texas Emergency Communications District is relying on drones to create 3-D models of certain areas, like schools, to enable a better response should a threat arise.
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The legislation is aimed at preventing insurance companies from using customers’ genetic information to change, deny or cancel policies. If passed, the state would be the first to have legislation of this kind.
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The proposal under consideration in Douglas County would remove the one-time 20% jump for cryptominers but keeps the 10% hikes for the next five years. A similar rate structure would apply to data centers.
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Three gates at the Philadelphia International Airport will embrace biometric tech with a pilot program implementing facial-recognition scanners that will cross-check a live image of a person with their government photos.
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As part of a new initiative helmed by Los Angeles County, an ongoing demonstration of new voting technology is coming to Glendale, Calif., where residents can try the system at the local police headquarters.
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Vendors at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show tackled an oft-discussed goal for municipal leaders, looking at how communities could use smart city technology to transform aging infrastructure.
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