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Category Archives: Technology Assessment
Deconstructing Deepfakes—How do they work and what are the risks?
Last month, Microsoft introduced a new deepfake detection tool. Weeks ago, Intel launched another. As more and more companies follow suit and more concerns arise about the use of this technology, we take a look in today’s WatchBlog at how … Continue reading
Expanding GAO’s Science & Technology Expertise
We provide Congress with nonpartisan and fact-based analysis of technological and scientific developments that affect our society, environment, and economy. To enhance our ability to do this, we established the Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics (STAA) team in January 2019. … Continue reading
Our Increasingly Connected World — The Internet of Things
Cell phones, coffee makers, washing machines, and numerous other consumer and industrial products are increasingly designed to gather data, connect to the Internet, and improve efficiency or assist with decision making. Earlier this year, our Internet of Things technology assessment … Continue reading
Is Your Project’s Technology Up to the Job? Our New Draft Tech Readiness Assessment Guide Can Help Answer That
Technology can help solve some of the thorniest problems. But immature tech can create more problems than it solves. NASA, the Department of Defense, and others originally conceived of the idea of “technology readiness assessments” to determine technology maturity—whether the … Continue reading
Expanding Drinking Water Options
Providing clean and fresh water is one of the most essential municipal services. Recent reports about lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan and ongoing drought in several parts of the nation, highlight the importance of ensuring the public has a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture and Food, Business Regulation and Consumer Protection, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Technology, Technology Assessment
Tagged ARM, clean water, drinking water, fresh water, infrastructure, safe water, tech assessment, Tim Persons, water treatment
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Videos on Freshwater Use in Hydraulic Fracturing and Thermoelectric Power Plants
Freshwater is a limited natural resource that is essential to the nation’s economic security and prosperity—in no small part because of its role in energy production. The nation’s current droughts highlight questions about how to balance water and energy use. … Continue reading
GAO’s Technology Assessments: 3D Printing
You may be familiar with our traditional reports, testimonies, and legal decisions, but do you know about our technology assessments? Today’s WatchBlog explains them before highlighting our recent look at 3D printing. What are technology assessments?
Putting Nanomanufacturing in Context
Nanomanufacturing is bringing innovations from research on nanotechnology, the “science of the small,” to commercial markets and mass manufacturing. Nanotechnologies such as targeted chemotherapy (which would limit difficult side effects for cancer patients), or concrete that lasts longer and “heals” … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic, Science and Technology, Technology Assessment
Tagged application, battery-powered vehicles, chemotherapy, concrete, GAO, government accountability office, innovation, nanomanufacturing, nanotechnologies, nanotechnology, research, science, technology, technology assessment, usgao
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