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Conductive paint and electronics enable walls to detect gestures and when appliances are used.

This low-power device plugs directly into a computer or mobile phone to add another dimension to the applications they run.

A tiny sensor with an electronic chip is being designed to analyze saliva or gingival crevicular fluid for early detection of dental diseases.

Capable of detecting clear-air turbulence up to 17.5 km in the distance, JAXA’s Doppler LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology is undergoing flight tests on Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator aircraft.

Smart socks are helping physiotherapists better assess and treat patients during video consultations by providing information on weight distribution and range of movement during exercises like steps, squats or jumps.

A prize-winning research project sought to answer this question by asking small groups of friends, average age 25, to live with a “social networking robot” dubbed Fribo for four weeks. Initial comments from the experimental group sound positive.

Stanford students learn different levels of autonomy that could one day be used in real world applications.

LUUNA is the first intelligent sleep mask that is tailored to your sleep schedule.

Ashley, a Resident Geek from Digi-Key, gets her revenge with reverse engineering.

NASA’s Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) project could lead to dramatic improvements in the speed, range and quality of data transfer from space to the ground.

The company demonstrated the pod during a recent visit from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) solution engineered to eliminate a significant number of racecar accidents and casualties in professional and amateur racing was demonstrated.

A new camera for detecting fluorescent markers tagged on cancer tumors mimics the visual system of the morpho butterfly.

Smart factories, like ABB’s new Bangalore facility that will be used to produce its entire range of electrical protection and connection solutions, are a collection of connected devices that are responsive, adaptive and brimming with artificial intelligence.