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DARPA wants to shrink LIDAR tech
December 11, 2015 | NewsThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to reduce the size of traditional, bulky telescoping devices by transferring their light-catching powers to flat, inexpensive, saucer-sized semiconductors.
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Self-righting software for tipped-over robots
| NewsAn engineer with the Army Research Lab is developing software to help robots right themselves when they fall over.
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Cook County property office streamlines taxing workflow
| NewsThe Illinois county went live with a web-based real property tax handling application that will cut down on some 78,000 paper documents filed with the county every month.
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Illinois ponders digital driver’s license
| NewsIllinois is exploring digital driver's licenses that could be accessed through a smartphone app.
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Hackathons tackle suicide prevention
December 10, 2015 | NewsDec. 12 events in five cities will leverage open data, analytics and APIs to build a better system for spotting and helping at-risk individuals.
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How does government cloud security stack up?
| NewsA new report identifies the biggest cloud cybersecurity concerns across eight industries.
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The unrealized potential of interagency total information sharing
| NewsEffective security solutions need to strike a balance between data sharing and privacy protection.
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White House responds to data encryption petition
| NewsIn a response to a We the People petition on encryption, the White House said it would meet with petitioners and asked for additional public comments.
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Robotic vehicles drive battlefield innovations
| NewsSoldiers may soon be able to use several autonomous robots for beyond-line-of-sight communications and targeting.
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Transportation CIO freezes IT purchases
| NewsDepartment of Transportation CIO Richard McKinney issued a memo freezing all departments’ IT purchases for at least 90 days in order to craft a comprehensive spending plan.