Emerging Tech
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As Hollywood imagines our future, are brain and human microchip implants nearing a “ChatGPT moment” in 2026? Medical progress collides with privacy fears and state bans. -
The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally.
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Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems.
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The field of disaster robotics has been studied for the last two decades. Robin Murphy has been there from the start and explains where it’s headed and what you need to know.
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The state-funded NextGen Air Transportation office at N.C. State University plans to apply for special FAA permission to start drone experiments for the state Department of Transportation.
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Despite the technology's many benefits, "increased connectivity between devices and the Internet may create a number of security and privacy risks," the agency declared in a report.
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As we turn more of our decision-making over to devices, experts say, our reliance on these interconnected tools will far surpass today’s dependence on smartphones.
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When federal grants to the Port of Houston became available for what would become the nation’s first pilot emergency high-speed broadband network, it seemed Motorola already had an inside track.
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State Attorney General Chris Koster urged lawmakers to protect the cameras' footage from those who would "monetize it or use it to exploit the people it depicts."
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The scanner uses lasers to detect walls, doors, furniture and other objects in a room, creating a 3-D image displayed on a computer.
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The crash renewed calls for tighter regulations of the aerial devices, which are increasingly popular with photographers and amateur aviation enthusiasts.
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The oil and gas industry is an obvious match for the emerging drone market, and Pennsylvania drone startups are eager to show gas well and pipeline operators what their flying robots can offer.
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The group's only recommendation was that the state's Department of Transportation be designated as the lead state agency on drones, and that the task force remain together to continue studying the issue.
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While drone use has increased under Obama, it has done so without clearly articulated policy guidelines or oversight and accountability mechanisms, complicating the determination of “proper constraint.”
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Agriculture runs on information, from understanding different soils to making decisions on planting and plant maintenance.
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While Gates showed that it’s entirely possible to quench your thirst with the treated water, the two biggest obstacles to actually doing so are a lack of regulations and the “toilet-to-tap” stigma.
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Google plans to institutionalize innovation through a mobile innovation lab that combines its suite of apps with motivated government innovators.
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On Tuesday a drone carrying methamphetamine crashed in Mexico, triggering an investigation by Tijuana police and raising the question of whether the technology is a new avenue for drug smuggling.
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Although companies commonly patent ideas they do not ultimately use, the evolving makeup of Apple's portfolio points to spaces the company may be mining for future growth.
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For the last three years, park scientists have used a combination of aircraft-mounted scanners and GPS verification to produce highly precise digital maps of the park's topography.
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The technology is being considered a potential invasion of privacy, as officers could use the devices to effectively see through walls.
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