Electronics

Algorithms could aid discovery at the Large Hadron Collider, but raise transparency concerns

How Apple, Google and Microsoft are racing to control your digital life—from phone to home-automation system

Children lack the hazard-perception skills of adults, but training could bolster their ability to stay safe on the street

Software that translates eye movement into commands to control devices could be a boon for motion-impaired people

Video talks (and one audio interview) with the scientists behind four transformative innovations

Apple, Google and others are creating whole ecosystems of products. Here is a full rundown

Bouncing photons let cameras see beyond the line of sight

Efforts to take down the terrorist organization's Web sites and expose its supporters could interfere with carefully planned law enforcement operations

Researchers are working to engineer practical devices that patients can use in their homes

Stephen Hoover, CEO of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the revolution underway in machine learning, in which the machine eventually programs itself
 

Despite recent claims, your car is not about to get crashed by hackers