By Jaci McDole Gone are the days of wood and leather cosmetic limbs. Innovators worldwide work to improve differently abled individuals’ lives through biotechnology: integrating technological advancements with life-sciences research and development (R&D). …

By Robert D. Atkinson The United States is one of the only developed nations without a national industry competitiveness strategy. Some of this failure stems from a hyper-partisan political environment; but the main culprit is groupthink. Few policymakers, pundits or economists understand U.S. competitiveness problems in ways that lead them…

By: Julie Carlson The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this afternoon on “The Impact of Consolidation and Monopoly Power on American Innovation” will likely, once again, focus on the misguided notion that large technology platforms are bad for small businesses, workers, consumers, and innovation. …

By: Robert D. Atkinson Freight trains could be the next best thing in transportation given the truck driver shortages and efforts to cut carbon emissions. Moreover, new technologies like autonomous systems and artificial intelligence can help the industry continue its productivity growth. …

By: Robert D. Atkinson One key to effective government is effective regulatory policy, and in many cases that requires thoughtful interagency coordination and collaboration. On that measure, the United States often appears to be dysfunctional. Case in point is a recent safety bulletin in which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…

By: Val Giddings Although verdicts vary, and some progress was clearly made, the climate change consensus emerging among scientists post-Glasgow is that the world continues on a path to exceed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius identified in Paris in 2015 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. …

By: Ashley Johnson Opponents of facial recognition technologies frequently try to pit the debate as one between the government and ordinary Americans. Anti-technology advocates frame the technology this way because they know that if they can scare Americans into believing that this is a dystopian technology, perhaps Americans will support…

By: Daniel Castro The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff report last week on the privacy practices of six major U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs). The report sharply critiqued their privacy practices arguing that not only do some of these ISPs collect and use data for targeted advertising, but…

By: Ashley Johnson The White House is set to announce the details of its “Alliance for the Future of the Internet,” a proposed coalition of democratic nations charged with developing a set of principles for a secure and trusted Internet-based on shared democratic values. One of the top priorities for…