by Brian MacIver | Oct 22, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Nearly 3,000 roadway deaths could be prevented worldwide every day if humans could be removed from the driving equation. Nobody’s talking about taking people out of their cars, but rather, taking them out of the driver’s seat. Every year, more than 1.2...
by Brian MacIver | Oct 13, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – In the box office hit “The Martian,” Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars who manages to survive and even grow plants on the barren planet. But that is nothing compared with what NASA really has in mind for Earth’s planetary neighbor. NASA has...
by Matt Yurus | Aug 28, 2015 | National Security, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — This week marks the beginning of the end for the Humvee. That’s because the US Army chose Oshkosh Defense to manufacture about 55,000 joint light tactical vehicles (JLTVs) that will become the successors to Humvees and mine-resistant,...
by Lucy Ren | Aug 26, 2015 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Financial technology services, such as digital payments, are rapidly transforming the landscape of developing countries, while also contributing to a safer global financial system, experts said at a Brookings Institution panel Wednesday. The Brookings...
by Mallory Hughes | Aug 17, 2015 | Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — In a typical Demo Day for new companies, teams pitch to prospective investors. But this was not typical. At the White House recently, budding startups had a different opportunity—pitching to the President of the United States. As part of the Startup...
by Jin Wu | Jul 31, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—You’re probably one of the 91 percent of American adults who think they’ve lost control over how their personal information is collected and used by companies (according to a Pew Research study in early 2015). But big data collection brings benefits that...
