Don’t Miss Out on Creating the Future, NASA TechBriefs “Time is running out to enter the 2011 “Create the Future” Design Contest. Entries for the ninth annual contest are due by June 30th. Click here to submit your design idea. Sponsored by COMSOL, Creo – a PTC product, and Tech Briefs Media Group, the contest recognizes outstanding innovations in product design, awarding a Grand Prize of $20,000 USD. New this […]

NASA’s Chief Technology Officer for IT Chris Kemp Is Leaving The Agency “Deciding to leave NASA has not been easy, and is something I’ve been struggling with for the past few months. About a month ago, I mentioned to one of my mentors that “it’s a very difficult time to be an entrepreneur at NASA.” She responded “is it ever a good time to be an entrepreneur at NASA?” Reflecting […]

Keith’s note: Here’s the premise: Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) – a series of long workshops (often known as “Hackathons”) are held in multiple locations around the world wherein people come together to share their skills and create things (software etc.) that can be of use to others locally and globally. Wonderful idea. NASA becomes involved – thus offering the potential to bring its resources to bear – and ingest […]

NASA Open Government Summit Emphasized Data Exchange “NASA is working to publish more of its data sets online and create more opportunities to engage with the public using digital tools. This was a major part of the discussion during the monthly Open Government Community Summit at NASA Headquarters in Washington last week. NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of the Chief Financial Officer hosted the meeting. The […]

Keith’s note: In June 2010 OSTP held an event “Hacking for Humanity” in Washington, DC. A number of NASA employees participated – nearly all of them Gen Y. I should note up front that these folks who attended are, as a group, rather sharp, energetic, and passionate about what they do. Alas, they did not announce this event in advance such that anyone could have known it was happening – […]

Keith’s note: One of the participants in this evening’s reception in Washington, DC after the NEO conference was a NASA field center director. Given that he recently had some foot surgery and is not supposed to travel, he used an avatar instead. The center director? Why ARC’s Pete Worden, of course. His avatar of choice was an “Anybot” droid. I have seen this little wonder in action in NASA CTO […]

Message to NASA Civil Service and Contractor Employees: Social Networking Tools and Web 2.0 – Appropriate Use of Web Technologies “The use of Web 2.0 tools can significantly enhance NASA’s ability to communicate with employees and the public about its mission. The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to NASA civil service and contractor employees regarding the use of these Web technologies to facilitate collaboration and information sharing […]

Gov Forum: NASA Seeks To Optimize IT Innovation, Information Week “NASA’s new CTO for IT, Chris Kemp, wants to more fully exploit the myriad technology innovations created by the space agency’s researchers, scientists, and technologists. Kemp this week shared his strategy for channeling that innovation in new ways. NASA CIO Linda Cureton last month announced Kemp’s appointment to CTO for IT, a newly created position. Kemp is responsible for NASA’s […]

NASA and Japan Announce Cloud Computing Collaboration “NASA and Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII) have announced plans to explore interoperability opportunities between NASA’s Nebula Cloud Computing Platform and Japan’s NII Cloud Computing Platform. “The interoperability between an NII Cloud and the NASA Nebula Cloud is a combined effort toward the creation of an International academic-information infrastructure, which is essential in promoting the global cooperation of research and education,” said […]