Wouldn’t it be helpful if a food tracking or recipe app could determine what you’re eating just by detecting what’s on your table? You might get your wish. Researchers at Microsoft and multiple ...

In other words, Microsoft is developing fabric that can recognize and identify objects nearby. So what do you mean by smart fabric? Smart fabric refers to textiles that embed technology such as ...

PA: How is storytelling changing with mobile? LW: The opportunity for stories to be pervasive, personalized and social is something that is exciting in terms of mobile. An area that we've been ...

The dream of the smart home is that every object in our houses can communicate with every other one. But as great as that sounds on paper, it’s not very practical. For one thing, it means replacing ...

Guillaume Lachenal, the CEO of Miliboo, was always fascinated by technology, and he created a company that produces fashionable furniture featuring the latest tech. Its most recent creation? Ekko, the ...

The first Android 11 Developer Preview arrived for our Pixels today, bringing a variety of updates, and preparing for things to come in the later betas. In an example of the latter, the Google Pixel ...

GE traces its roots back to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first practical, long-lasting light bulb in 1879. One hundred and forty years later, his company appears to be having trouble ...

To test their algorithm, the researchers designed and built a system of “smart pebbles”–cubes about 10 millimeters to an edge, with processors and magnets built in. [Photo: M. Scott Brauer via MIT ...