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What makes this snake-like robot so special? Answer: It can swim! Shutterstock/Andrey Suslov If you haven’t heard of Carnegie Mellon’s snakebot, it is basically what its name suggests. A long cylindrical robot that moves much like a snake, the snakebot has been engineered to do a number of things over the years including grabbing objects and climbing sand dunes. But the university’s latest iteration of the snakebot is taking it to new depths, literally. The Hardened Underwater Modular Robot Snake (HUMRS) was made waterproof with adapted water-resistant modules that had been...

CitizenLab’s recently announced decision to shift to an open source model will remove barriers to participation in an attempt to make the platform more accessible to all civic organizations.

The FCC Needs Your Internet Speed to Improve Broadband Data In an effort to fix the Federal Communications Commission's misleading broadband coverage data, the agency is asking the public to download and use its new speed test app. Shutterstock/FlashMovie It's not every day that using an application on one's phone can potentially help public policy. The Federal Communications Commission is now promoting its speed test apps so that it can improve the information in its high-speed Internet coverage maps, which are used to distribute broadband funds to local areas and states.   ...

Kinsa FLUency Program Helping Schools Monitor for COVID-19 Historically used to keep a lid on flu season, a six-year-old smart thermometer program from the medical technology company Kinsa has been helping thousands of schools monitor students for symptoms of COVID-19. A contributed graphic shows the Kinsa "smart thermometer," as well as the look of Kinsa's data recorded through a mobile app. Since COVID-19 first hit the U.S. a little over a year ago, research has been somewhat mixed about whether a fever is a reliable metric for determining if someone is infected with...

State Health Agencies Rely on Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 At-Home Self-Test Kits As more people get vaccinated and states begin to roll back some of the restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic — schools, agencies and workplaces are working on a plan on how to safely return to normal. For by Leo Victor, iPromo / April 14, 2021 SPONSORED As more people get vaccinated and states begin to roll back some of the restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic — schools, agencies and workplaces are working on a plan o...