NASA wants your ideas for building houses for explorers

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NASA wants your ideas for building houses for explorers

In today's Top Federal Headlines, there's a big prize out there from the space agency for those who come up with ways for future explorers to build habitats in...

Eric White@FEDERALNEWSCAST

October 10, 2016 8:46 am

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The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate chose 10 startup companies to participate in its research program for wearable technology. The EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology program is for startups and other partner companies to share research to create wearable technology specifically tailored for first responders. (Homeland Security Department)

City governments and law enforcement agencies received some money from the Justice Department to help them ease tensions caused by traumatic community events. DoJ’s Office for Victims of Crime awarded $7 million to help communities respond to high profile violence, including shootings that involve law enforcement officers. It’s part of the Office’s Vision 21 Initiative. (Department of Justice)

NASA wants your ideas for building houses for future space explorers. It’s offering a prize of $1.1 million for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. In Phase 2 of the competition, it wants citizen inventors to use readily available and recyclable materials for the raw material to print habitats. Teams have until Jan. 31, 2017 to sign up. (NASA)