Star Trek’s Captain Kirk Will Finally Visit Space Next Week … For Real This Time
Blue Origin announced actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations, will fly onboard New Shepard NS-18. They will join crewmates Chris Boshuizen […]
Pittsburgh — From Steel City to Smart City
When Andrew Carnegie, Thomas and Andrew Mellon, E.J. Heinz, George Westinghouse, Edwin Drake, and Henry Clay Frick moved into Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood in the mid-19th century and launched the […]
Among the Stars Takes Disney+ In Search of the Origins of the Universe
Astronaut Chris Cassidy is no stranger to space. Through a long career as a Navy SEAL Captain and as an astronaut, he’s seen it all. Now he is the focus […]
The Virtual Vacation: Around the World in Your Easy Chair
The spread of COVID-19 has fundamentally disrupted everyday life for millions of people throughout the world. For many, travel plans have been canceled or delayed indefinitely. However, if there were […]
Top 10 Sustainable Fashion Companies
By Melissa Jenkins & Destiny Nolan Fashion companies have gotten the message loud and clear: sustainable practices, hiring choices, materials selection, growing of plants needed to make materials, and disposal […]
Your driver-assist system may be out of alignment … with your understanding of how it works
Steve Casner, NASA Adaptive cruise control, lane change assistance, collision avoidance, blind-spot monitoring, autopilots: These are just a few of the driver-assist features that are arriving in new cars. As […]
Both the Public and Private Sectors are Scrambling for STEM Workers
Each week we see concerning reports about the STEM skills gap continuing to widen in the United States. The good news is Congress and the Biden Administration have a unique […]
Arctic sea ice hits its minimum extent for the year – 2 NASA scientists explain what’s driving the overall decline
Alek Petty, NASA and Linette Boisvert, NASA September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and the Arctic sea ice minimum when sea ice over the Northern […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 23, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Smart Home Market worth $138.9 billion by 2026
The Smart Home Market is projected to grow from $84.5 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $138.9 billion by 2026; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% from […]
Top 5 Benefits of Outsourcing All or Parts of Your IT Department
Many businesses, especially those experiencing substantial growth, find themselves in a dilemma about whether to hire full-time IT staff or expand their internal IT department to address IT infrastructural issues. […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
WeAudition.com Becomes A Lifeline for Actors During the Pandemic
During the height of the Covid pandemic, with social isolation and excessive stress due to job losses, financial difficulty, grief over the death of loved ones, racism, and the presidential […]
New Technologies in Driverless Infrastructure
Life for America’s 3.5 million truck drivers isn’t easy. Truck drivers generally work long hours in less-than-ideal conditions to make ends meet. The trucking industry is also troubled by repair […]
The Race Towards Digital Inclusion Begins With Cambium Networks, With More Than 10 Million Radios Shipped
Back in June, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) sent a letter to the acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, in hopes of being able to address the digital divide […]
5 Reasons Why Pirated Games Are Dangerous
Malware, Trojans, and adware aren’t the only dangers lurking on video game pirating sites. While we understand the temptation of illegally downloading the game from a torrent, the consequences simply […]
SpaceX Inspiration4 Mission Sent 4 People with Minimal Training into Orbit
Editor’s note: A deeper dive into Consumer Space Travel will appear in the Fall 2021 issue of Innovation & Tech Today. Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced […]
Nvidia Investors May Not See The Competition That’s Brewing
Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence about hyperscale cloud infrastructure, has identified trends in their data indicating increased deployment of in-house designed chips in addition to Nvidia chips. “It’s […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 16, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Master P On Rap Feuds, Conscious Parenting, Black Superheroes
Sitting among carved mahogany wood paneled accents and with displayed awards gathered from an unrivaled multi-hyphenate career, Master P began our conversation by allowing me to take the floor. Not […]
Wings Introduces Nectar for Autonomous Sustainable Retail
Wings, an emerging robotics and AI startup developing autonomous businesses for all, today announced the release of Nectar, which brings a new category of Autonomous Sustainable Retail (ASR) to life. […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
The Kobe Bryant KB24 NFT Art Collection to Donate All Proceeds to Mamba & Mambacita Foundation
The highly anticipated KB24 NFT art collection has opened for presale reservations to the general public and it’s sure to be the hottest, largest NFT drop in history. And, it’s […]
9/11 survivors’ exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer lessons often unheeded
Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in the loss of 2,753 people in the Twin Towers and surrounding […]
Declassifying the 9/11 Investigation
by Tim Golden, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this […]
How the Pain of 9/11 Still Stays With A Generation 20 Years Later
Dana Rose Garfin, University of California, Irvine The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were the worst acts of terrorism on American soil to date. Designed to instill panic and fear, […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 9, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot raises serious concerns – but probably not the ones you think
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University Elon Musk announced a humanoid robot designed to help with those repetitive, boring tasks people hate doing. Musk suggested it could run to the grocery […]
James Gunn Dishes on The Suicide Squad, Life, and Music
James Gunn has done it all. He’s been a musician, comic book artist, author, actor, writer, director, and producer. Gunn has produced several blockbuster films in his career, including Avengers: […]
The Lighter Side: 10 Reasons I NEED a Samsung BotHandy
Editor’s Note: This article on the Samsung BotHandy was originally published in the Summer Issue of Innovation & Tech Today. Of the thousands of products I looked at during CES […]
Crypto Miners Debating Relocation Motivated by Easing US Regulations
The cryptocurrency market is constantly evolving, and not just due to new technologies, but new regulations and politics as well. For example, earlier this year, after the crackdown of the […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 2, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
WATCH: Wild Trailer Released for Latest James Bond Film “No Time to Die”
The final US trailer for the latest James Bond flick, No Time to Die, was released today (scroll down to watch.) The trailer shows Daniel Craig owning the Bond role […]
Science Future — Flying Car Completes Its First Flight Between Cities
AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, or flying car, moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to […]
Drones, Infrared Cameras Assessing Hurricane Ida Damage Around New Orleans
It’s been 16 years since Mother Nature laid its wrath on New Orleans with Category 5 Hurricane Katrina, but Hurricane Ida won’t be swept from memory any time soon. Hurricane […]
Hospitals Accelerate Hiring, Bolster Benefits a Year After Pandemic Lockdowns
Aon plc reports that 40 percent of hospitals surveyed have accelerated hiring to meet surging demand in medical services following COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, according to the firm’s 16th annual Benefits Survey of […]
These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity
Kerry Rippy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In recent decades, the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy […]
Antidote Health to Set Up Nation’s First Virtual HMO
Antidote Health, a telehealth provider, announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI-based virtual Health maintenance organization (HMO). The round was led by iAngels, Well-Tech Ventures, and Flint Capital, […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Friday, August 27, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]