New Tech

IPR's Kendall Crawford and Jason Clayworth of Axios Des Moines join Ben Kieffer to discuss the strains on western Iowa's foster care system and how casinos and sports betting have become a billion-dollar industry in the state. Later, healthcare administrator Devin Juel explains why his nursing home and assisted living facility can no longer accept new patients and Iowa State University's Ryan Bergman describes John Deere's newest autonomous tractor.

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…

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…

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…

Iowa’s rural electric cooperatives are aggressively pursuing a new technology for measuring electricity consumption at homes and farms. With so-called…