Technology

When a hiker goes missing in the backcountry, every hour makes a big difference. A new technology could give search and rescue teams a powerful new tool to find people fast. Today on In The NoCo, we hear more about how this technology could help transform search and rescue.

When a hiker goes missing in the backcountry, every hour in the search to find them matters. Now, a new technology could give search and rescue teams a powerful new tool to find people fast. On In The NoCo, we hear more about how this technology can help search and rescue teams.

An increasing number of law enforcement agencies along the Front Range are using drones in policing and have seen success, but the practice remains controversial for privacy and surveillance reasons.

A Greeley-based company that uses state-of-the-art 3D printing technology to build homes has partnered with Habitat for Humanity on a new affordable housing project. Hope Springs is Habitat's largest development in the West and a test of Alquist 3D's ambitious plans for Weld County. The Colorado Sun Editor David Krause spoke with KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.

Artificial Intelligence has been used to edit photos, enhance home appliances and more. Now it’s being widely introduced in the classroom. Some are skeptical, but others see promise.

A recent study by researchers at Broadband Now found federal data on access to internet service could be underestimating the number of people who lack reliable access. The Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.

The city of Longmont recently won designation for a CHIPS Zone, providing tax incentives for companies engaged in semiconductor design and production. Longmont became the second Colorado city after Fort Collins to receive such a designation.

Local business and government officials recently met in Denver to discuss how quantum technology uses aspects of computer science and physics to solve complex problems faster than typical computers.

Silver iodide has been the dominant ingredient for cloud seeding in the West, but it doesn't work so well in warm temperatures.

President Joe Biden's administration is providing $162 million to Arizona high-tech manufacturer Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips. Thursday's funding announcement is the second tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The incentives include $90 million to improve a plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and $72 million to expand a factory in Gresham, Oregon.