Surveillance cameras are spreading across Iowa and artificial intelligence makes them far more powerful. IPR's James Kelley shares his investigation into the controversial Flock cameras installed in dozens of Iowa communities. Later in the hour, legal scholar Megan Graham shares what rights citizens have in the AI area. (This episode was produced in October 2025.)
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Google, Facebook and Microsoft have all made large investments to build large data center facilities in the state of Iowa. All three have also received…
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It's official: Microsoft is behind the 1.2-million square-foot data center coming to West Des Moines. Officials announced Friday that Microsoft will build…
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Fab Labs, started in 2007 by MIT, aim to democratize access to tools and technology. In May, The S.T.E.A.M. Room Fab Lab, will open on the eastside of…
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Iowa’s rural electric cooperatives are aggressively pursuing a new technology for measuring electricity consumption at homes and farms. With so-called…