Data and Technology

This is an article from our archives, originally published on August, 15, 2014.  Last week, Kenya officially launched their new national E-procurement system, with the President formally launching the initiative, a sign of how important this is perceived to be in the country. Kenya has had a...

Picture this: You show up to work, but instead of asking your colleague how their day is, a futuristic robotic vehicle is at your command. This is the Department of Defense’s vision for troop-helping technology on the battlefield. The end goal is for robots to act as artificial intelligence...

DHS Seeking Tech Proposals from Small Businesses The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking for proposals from small businesses to address technology needs as part of the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The new solicitation contains 10 topic descriptions including...

“So far, augmented reality hasn’t worked outdoors or in dynamic environments,” Dan Robinson, founder and CEO of Red 6 said. “It does now.”  For the past three years, California-based company Red 6 has worked closely with the Air Force to mature its Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality...

In Great Britain, the Royal Navy has begun testing using jet suits to board shipping vessels. In this new video released by UK-based Gravity Industries, a man is seen flying from a raft to the HMS Tamar, a Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol ship. Royal Marines used Gravity Industries’...

This past week, NASA has successfully extracted oxygen from carbon dioxide on another planet, Mars, for the first time in history.  The extraction was done using an experimental instrument the size of a toaster, while on top of the Perseverance rover called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource...