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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Britain has announced a plan to fast-track driverless cars, meaning self-driving cars could hit public roads by early 2015.
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David Danielson, the U.S. Department of Energy's assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, said the move to renewable energy is crucial to decrease greenhouse gases emitted by existing power plants.
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If the FAA acts as scheduled in 2015, it would release a pent-up demand for drones in a wide array of commercial uses, say UAV builders, which is at the forefront of an industry that has hundreds of drone developers nationwide.
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Sophisticated robotics and technology may subtly find their way into the office, the living room or the doctor's office.
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Police officials say the drone is far from being air-ready, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and the creation of policies governing its use.
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The structure -- initially planned as “an interactive space where people can learn about new technology” -- is being prepared to leave Portland for an ocean voyage to an undisclosed location, while the containers on board will be disassembled and scrapped.
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The Texas Department of Transportation plans to partner with universities to research futuristic technologies like self-driving cars, hover cars and embedding solar panels in roads.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has worked with the auto industry since the energy crises of the 1970s and 1980s, developing materials, fuels and systems used by millions of vehicles.
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Within months, Frederick County, Md., will begin installing 172 laptops, called mobile data terminals, loaded with software called Mobile for Public Safety, in its major fleet apparatus, including ambulances, fire engines and trucks.
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Also, the Logicube ZX-Tower can wipe eight drives simultaneously and the Soofa is a free outdoor charging station that offers location-based information.
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Department officials got the unmanned aircraft in January for the purpose of aiding the department bomb squad in assessing threats, according to police spokesman Officer Albert Morales.
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AT&T, like Google, says its fiber-optic network will offer upload and download broadband speeds up to 100 times faster than current broadband service.
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Governments in the United States, Russia and Great Britain have worked for years to identify users of Tor, a software program that provides online anonymity. But it seems university researchers may have cracked it.
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Measure E will be a new $114 million bond the Stockton Unified School District said will pay for “Excellent Electronic Education.” The question is, will voters support the district borrowing millions when it already services $25 million a year in bond debt?
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The hackathon is part of a weeklong series of events called oneweek, designed to inform employees about, and inspire them to engage in, the company’s vision and strategy for the new fiscal year.
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Emergency managers converged with the tech community to discuss tools that can create more resilient communities.
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It will be technology that will enable "Cities 3.0" -- the transformation of metropolitan centers into hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The proposed grid promises to provide a “localized source of power that would be more energy-efficient and resilient,” one that will lower delivery costs, making energy cheaper for customers, according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.
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