Emerging Tech
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California-based company Coco Robotics announced a pilot program in the Heights neighborhood last week, nearly a year after Uber Eats teamed with Avride for downtown robot delivery service. -
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.
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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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The audit found campuses that had a surplus of devices and schools with no effective system to track who had a computer or who was responsible for it.
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It seems simple: Put cameras on all officers and have video evidence of all officer interactions. But some criminal justice and civil liberties experts warn the technology could widen the divide between officers and the communities they serve.
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The companies said they would be demoing their collaborative technology solutions at the VMworld San Francisco conference, on Aug. 24-28.
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Anita Brown-Graham, the director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, explains how North Carolina's lack of skilled workers will negatively affect the state's economy while traditional manufacturing jobs disappear.
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The technology is here, but will guns from 3-D printers become a problem?
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Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy has canceled the $1 billion program to provide all students with an iPad after public records showed he and his top deputy had developed a relationship with the vendors two years prior to the bidding.
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As severe weather becomes more common, microgrids are gaining popularity as a way to keep the power on at critical facilities during widespread blackouts.
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It wasn't just computer modeling that helped PG&E restore service so quickly after the Bay Area earthquake, but also wireless SmartMeters, that automatically signaled the utility when their buildings lost power.
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If successful, the Air Force’s projects could produce fighting men and women who are the envy — and fear — of other military forces.
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Two Anniston, Ala. locals look to add value to playtime with TROBO, a stuffed robot and storytelling software application meant to pique children’s interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Engineers at MIT seek to make housing more affordable by reducing unit size without making the apartments feel smaller.
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Gov. Robert Bentley looks to eliminate the haze around drone regulations, announcing Friday the appointment of an Alabama Drone Task Force to develop a plan for their use by state agencies.
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Mayor Carlos Gimenez's strong words put Miami-Dade, one of the largest local governments in the country, on the forefront of a national debate over police cameras in the wake of the Ferguson shooting.
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Though police officials suggest drones would only be used to gain better intelligence in tense situations, critics argued it would not be long before drones were used to monitor public spaces, protests and citizens' backyards.
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A federal audit revealed the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services withdrew $60 million more quarterly in Medicaid money than it actually needed, an issue caused by the state's 30-year-old computer system.
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The solar panels at the dozen California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sites are projected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 61,000 metric tons in 2014 and will save approximately $78 million in energy costs over the next two decades, officials said.
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Siluria Technologies says it can produce large quantities of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and chemicals at roughly $1 per gallon.
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The policy took affect Wednesday, and a full ban will remain in place until the National Park Service decides where drones might be allowed, according to a Park Service spokesman.
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