Health IT wish list: more mobile, telehealth, analytics, open data
National Coordinator for Health IT's draft five-year plan outlines expanded health information sharing through mobile, sensor and analytics technologies.
GSA's wish list for leading edge tech
The General Services Administration has created a list of developing technologies that could be incorporated into GSA's Alliant I and Alliant II government-wide acquisition contracts.
Marines expand training field with augmented reality
The Marine Corps is testing an augmented reality system from the Office of Naval Research that is transforming the way Marines prepare for combat.
The Internet of hygiene
Veterans Affairs wants to enhance its use of in-hospital location tracking and sensing technologies to improve patient hygiene and clinical workflows.
Giving robots a (better than) human touch
Researchers have just demonstrated a device with an optical sensor that can grab an unattached USB cable and insert it into a USB port.
The drive toward vehicle communications picks up speed
V2V technologies will give cars – and their drivers – more time to react and will pave the road for driverless vehicles.
8 apps for safer city intersections
Winning apps in New York City’s Connected Intersections Challenge used wearable devices and smartphone sensors in effort to drive down traffic fatalities and injuries.
Researchers pilot air traffic control system for drones
NASA, industry and university researches race to find air traffic control systems best suited to managing unmanned vehicles in domestic airspace.
NWS powers up faster, more detailed weather forecasts
The National Weather Service recently activated a system that quickly harnesses weather data from multiple sources, integrates the information and provides a detailed picture of the current weather.
ZEBRA taps keyboard dynamics to identify users
Dartmouth’s ZEBRA program uses a sensor bracelet that compares subtle wrist movements with keyboard inputs to authenticate -- and deauthenticate -- computers users.
Ant-size radios for the Internet of Things
Powered by extremely high-frequency millimeter waves, these tiny radios may power IoT applications that require a dense network of small sensors.
Anatomy of an IoT public safety application
How a technology team at a SmartAmerica Challenge built an Internet of Things prototype to create a sensor network for automating public housing safety alerts.
SCALE brings Internet of Things to public housing
A SmartAmerica Challenge project to build an emergency alert system for public housing turned into a case study on how to develop a working Internet of Things application.
Data Logistics Toolkit delivers big data for analysis
Developed university researchers, the toolkit simplifies ways users can sort and organize big data sets to provide faster access to the data most pertinent to their research.
Maritime test bed lets Navy validate ISR systems
Lockheed Martin has developed a new software test platform designed to mimic naval environments at sea and ashore, which will allow the company to validate sophisticated intelligence, communications and sensor systems before they are introduced in an operational environment.
Massachusetts rolling out 'all-electronic' turnpike tolling
Massachusetts' All Electronic Tolling system would replace both manual cash tolling and existing electronic systems on state turnpikes.
Port of Jacksonville launches safety information system
PORTS provides real-time information via sensors on water levels, currents, meteorological conditions and under-bridge clearance, giving mariners critical information to avoid groundings and collisions.
Postal Service envisions Internet of packages and things
The Postal Service explores how best to interconnect postal operations with the future Internet of Things, when the network can spot delays before the customer does.
Army tests driverless vehicles in 'living lab'
Federal installations and universities are test beds for implementing autonomous vehicles in public environments.
Electric vehicles drive IoT research at four universities
Researchers will use vehicles' sensor data and Internet2 resources to broaden understanding of the Internet of Things.
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