
What If Your Fitbit Could Run on a Wi-Fi Signal?
New 2-D electronic technology may reap radio energy to power an array of devices such as hearing aids, sensors and other gadgets that make up the Internet of Things

What If Your Fitbit Could Run on a Wi-Fi Signal?
New 2-D electronic technology may reap radio energy to power an array of devices such as hearing aids, sensors and other gadgets that make up the Internet of Things

A Simple Camera and an Algorithm Let You See around Corners
A preliminary study shows how it might be possible one day to use a smartphone app to look around a bend without the help of a mirror


RoboFossil Reveals Locomotion of Beast from Deep Time
Modeling shows the 290-million-year-old Orobates had an advanced way of walking—revising an enduring view of how tetrapods colonized dry land

The Kids (Who Use Tech) Seem to Be All Right
A rigorous new paper uses a new scientific approach that shows the panic over teen screen time is likely overstated

New App Uses Sonar to Detect Opioid Overdoses
The technology utilizes smartphone speakers and microphone to monitor breathing

Facebook Users Value the Service More Than Investors Do
Users of the social network said they'd require payment of more than $1,000 to quit the platform for one year. Christopher Intagliata reports.

New App Helps People Remember Faces
An app could help those with face blindness but has raised concerns among privacy experts

How Many Manatees Are There? There’s an Algorithm for That
Biologists and computers scientists team up to create a census of animal populations

Tiny Computers Could Transform Our Lives
And they’re getting closer to the marketplace all the time

Drones Used to Find Toylike "Butterfly" Land Mines
Quadcopters with thermal imagery cameras can help detect vicious mini-mines that often kill or maim children

Smarter Pricing Could Ease Parking Frustration
A new algorithm raises parking rates in busy neighborhoods and lowers them elsewhere, guaranteeing free parking spots regardless of location. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Computers Determine States of Consciousness
A machine learning algorithm uses EEG traces to find a patient’s odds of waking