NASA explores augmented reality with Spacecraft 3D app
The app for Apple mobile devices lets users put themselves into robotic crafts exploring Mars or orbiting the moon, with more to come.
Data center project could make DHS what it was meant to be
The department's multiyear consolidation lays the foundation of its future as a data-driven department.
Big data system being tailored for feds
Lockheed Martin and Cleversafe are developing a federal version of the Dispersed Compute Storage solution, which combines Hadoop MapReduce and Cleversafe's dsNet to handle massive computation and storage requirements.
Army's 'sense and avoid' radar will let drones fly in domestic airspace
Tests show that drones guided by the system can detect and avoid other aircraft, which will allow unmanned training flights any time day or night.
The AC/DC lesson: Why IPv4 will be with us a long time
Thomas Edison lost the Current Wars to AC back in the 1890s, but more than 100 years later some customers still were using DC power from the grid. Could IPv4 last as long?
Illinois court beefs up service with thin clients
The Circuit Court of Cook County is improving operational efficiency and allowing staff and citizens easy online access to services and court files via thin client technology.
5 steps to setting up an agency app store
Building an app store can be the best way to make sure employees are using the right mobile apps. Here's a checklist to help you get there.
Government's serious pursuits sometimes call for a game
The Genesis Pro workstation from Origin PC, our July Product of the Month, can fit the bill where the need for high-end computing is greatest.
BoxLight can make any projector interactive
If you are considering an interactive projector, the OutWrite 1.4 will save you some money by working with the one you already have.
Write once, use 50 times: How CMS' coder challenge will benefit states
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services taps NASA's Tournament Lab for an online competition to develop a new module for Medicaid management.
How to run a successful coding competition
States and CMS worked upfront to specify goals that will be used to pick winners in a challenge to write software to screen Medicaid providers.
The 10 best federal mobile apps
Agencies are building digital government one app at a time. Here's a look at the best of the current crop.
White House digital strategy hits the mark
Behind the plan are all the pieces for a robust, 21st-century platform.
DISA to begin pilot programs of DOD mobile network
The agency is building the architecture for the Defense Department's mobile network and expects to have it at least partly up and running by the end of the year.
Navy crowdsourcing tool more than just a game
The Navy is using a computer game to crowdsource ideas to help make our fighting forces more efficient -- and less costly.
Popular DOD desktop app ready for mobile devices
A DOD desktop-based tool that lets users set up and join meetings on the go is available as a mobile app for Android smart phones and tablets.
By land, by sea, by air: DOD looks to take mobile devices global
The Defense Department has launched a number of mobile device programs, but the devil is in the details when it comes to deploying handhelds past the wire.
Siri, is this the end of all-you-can-eat bandwidth?
The days of unlimited wireless Internet plans are rapidly drawing to a close, and all those great mobile apps are to blame.
Army lab speeds technology to round 3 of NIE
The Army's new lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground tests and evaluates software and electronics bound for Network Integration Evaluation 12.2.
Marine Corps Exchanges using analytics to improve merchandise planning
The MCX will use SAS to perform cluster analyses, which will help it gain better insight into the unique and changing needs of the local population.
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