Marketplace Tech Report - Panel

Obama budgets money to tug asteroids into orbit

Where does tech fit into President Obama's new budget proposal? One answer is the $17.7 billion set aside for the U.S. space program.

Interview by David Brancaccio

The funding fight for cyber weapons and personnel

The Pentagon won't say what they are, but the Air Force has now officially designated six cyber technologies as "weapons."

Interview by David Brancaccio

Food hacking for good: Ways to improve the food system

A food hackathon in San Francisco brought together programmers, designers, and investors to work on ways to improve the food system.

Interview by David Brancaccio

New technology lets deaf, hard of hearing make calls in HD

A company called Purple Communications has new technology to help people who are deaf or hearing impaired communicate digitally through an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.

Interview with Ben Johnson

California rules against reading phone maps while driving

Given that it is legal to manipulate other devices in a car, the court suggests that people should take it up with the legislature to change the law if the ruling seems arbitrary.

Interview by David Brancaccio

How the DMCA protects printers' ink and other unintended consequences

As the digital age progresses, is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act moving with it? Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain explains the law and its upcoming tests.

Interview by David Brancaccio

Why go through the Internet to watch TV on the go?

Instead of streaming movies and shows on your smartphone over Wi-Fi, why not watch them over the same transmitters that send signals to your television? Mobile TV may be the next key development for broadcasters.

Interview by David Brancaccio

Ray Kurzweil on the surprising simplicity of the human brain

Legendary inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil shares his thoughts on the way humans and technology are becoming more intertwined and an irony of the human mind.

Interview by David Brancaccio

'Home' gives your phone a Facebook facelift

While some are calling Facebook's big announcement on Thursday 'the fanciest screensaver anyone's ever seen,' Farhad Manjoo at Slate Magazine thinks 'Home' will work for a lot of people, including teens.

Interview by David Brancaccio

NIH director welcomes BRAIN initiative

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins says government funding is the best way to support large scientific enterprises and fundamental health advances.

Interview by David Brancaccio