The M2 system integrates cameras, displays, microphones, speakers, sensors, and GPS to improve audio conferencing, media recording, and Wii-like gaming, and allow greater access for disabled... Read more
Google Translate has arrived for people with Android smart watches. Using the voice-to-text command, a wearer can say in their language what they’d like to communicate, choose another langua... Read more
A modern heads-up display (HUD) projects a great deal of what was traditionally shown on a car’s instrument panel onto the windscreen, and is becoming must-have equipment for high-end modern... Read more
Autodesk is hoping to kick-start three-dimensional printing in much the same way Google spurred smartphone development, with a free operating system. The company announced on Wednesday that... Read more
“That’s a serious threat.” Research by Associate Professor Romit Roy Choudhury and graduate students Sanorita Dey and Nirupam Roy have demonstrated that the accelerometers used... Read more
Power Sleep is a bridge between science and society More and more we hear that for a good’s night sleep, we should keep our smartphones out of the bedroom, but that doesn’t mean... Read more
Cars are becoming smarter than ever, with global positioning systems, Internet connections, data recorders and high-definition cameras. Drivers can barely make a left turn, put on their seat... Read more
If you’re not concerned about government surveillance of your phone because the National Security Agency (NSA) only collects metadata, think again. A study from Stanford University sho... Read more
In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner. If Amazon can imagine delivering books by drones, is it too much to think that Google might be p... Read more
Smartphone heads-up display systems that project navigation and other information onto car windshields are seen as a way to reduce driver distraction. The HeadsUP! from tech start-up NeXt ta... Read more
These mobile tools help you become a citizen scientist, whether you’re documenting wildlife or measuring the effects of light pollution Mobile applications for smartphones, tablets and other... Read more
In today’s technology driven society, not having a smartphone is like not having a lifeline. Without a smartphone, we struggle to keep up with current events, but what about the people who c... Read more
Weighing about one-third of a pound, device attaches to smartphone and provides instant results A lightweight and field-portable device invented at UCLA that conducts kidney tests and transm... Read more
Smartphones are a great way to check in on the latest weather predictions, but new research aims to use the batteries in those same smartphones to predict the weather. A group of smartphone... Read more
