Researchers at an Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Assistive Technologies discussed the progress and potential of technologies to control a computer through brain signals.
The Clinton Administration wants to relax encryption export controls and harmonize privacy standards for electronic communications. In a speech at the National Press Club on Monday, White House Chief of Staff John Podesta announced proposed legislation being sent to Congress that would relax existing export controls on encryption technology.
The recent announcement that a Dutch based company, MirCorp, plans to launch commercial space flights to the Russian-owned Mir space station for private citizens has reignited the U.S.-Russia spice rivalry but this time its over the space tourism industry.