Emerging Tech

Blackstone Data Services will be in Tazewell County, Va., where it will provide data center hosting, server and node maintenance, and cryptocurrency mining container assess manufacturing to benefit a three-state area.

Technology and transportation experts weighed in on the autonomous, drone and electrification technologies potentially needed to power the package deliveries of the near and distant future.

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the unsupervised flight of drones within the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site airspace, otherwise known as the New York Drone Corridor.

The training consists of 10 virtual active shooting scenarios in environments like airports, schools and courthouses, meant to better prepare emergency crews for a variety of situations through a video game engine.

The blockchain platform Neo is touring over a dozen universities across the U.S. to spread the word about decentralized, blockchain-driven Web3 technologies and inspire the next generation of innovators.

Consumers' appetite for locally grown produce, technological advances in agriculture and efforts to shorten supply chains are fomenting the growth of the vertical farming in Texas and around the world.

McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael publicly tested election equipment on Thursday morning before voters head to the polls Nov. 8, and all of the tabulation machines performed correctly during the test.

Increased federal investments in domestic production of semiconductors is challenging universities to train a new workforce, which they aim to do with new facilities, state initiatives and industry partnerships.

Core government business processes often run on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that are years or even decades old. To make data-based decisions about migration and reduce risk, forward-looking state and local governments are adopting process mining solutions to analyze ERP business systems such as finance and procurement, human capital management, customer relationship management, IT services management and supplier management.

After helping hundreds of people all across the West Coast get certified as commercial drone operators, an Ashland-based aerospace company is looking for new opportunities in its own backyard.

Plus, a new study identifies stumbling blocks to AI adoption, a dam in China will be Earth's largest 3D-printed structure built by automation and theft of cryptocurrency skyrockets.

Offshore farms are rare, with just two in the U.S., those being five turbines off the coast of Rhode Island and two near Virginia, producing 42 megawatts of fossil-free electricity for nearby residents.

Fire department officials say that drones are becoming an increasingly frequent impairment to fire and rescue missions. The devices pose the most risk to department helicopters, which are often forced out of the airspace upon an encounter.

Research by Pecan Street in Austin, Texas, shows that electric vehicles can be used as an effective device to smooth electric demand while getting recharged when electricity is cheaper and more plentiful.

City officials have approved the purchase of new virtual reality training equipment for the police department. The equipment will offer a new approach to training for encounters with people who struggle with mental illness.

A one-mile pilot project in Detroit will explore the technology and use cases for in-road, wireless EV charging. The technology has the potential to change how fleet vehicles and others charge on the go.

The use of robotics by the Allen County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was first introduced in 2005, enabling safer inspections of potential bomb threats with less risk.

The longtime Pittsburgh resident and businessman, known as "Dr. C," invented the technology for the digital teleconference call from which platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and others were derived.