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Engineering Oct 25, 2018

A robust AI-centric indoor positioning system

In modern airport terminals, hospital complexes, office buildings, sports arenas, university campuses, and retail outlets, there is a growing market for convenient and easy-to-use applications for navigating indoors. With ...

Consumer & Gadgets Oct 16, 2018

Using mobile data to model the drinking habits of Swiss youth

Researchers from Idiap Research Institute and EPFL have carried out a study using smartphone data from young Swiss people to better understand the circumstances in which they are most likely to drink. A computer model developed ...

Consumer & Gadgets Oct 10, 2018

GN Hearing hopes to connect Android phones and hearing aids

Modern hearing aids run on digital technology and rechargeable batteries. They come in flashy hues like fashion accessories or can be miniaturized to disappear in the ear. They can communicate over Bluetooth, becoming tiny ...

Consumer & Gadgets Sep 28, 2018

IPhone XS and XS Max review: Apple's beautiful big-screen beasts exact a small ransom

The radical changes came with the iPhone X last year. So, while the elegant new iPhone XS Max that I've been testing since Wednesday (along with the XS) has, by far, the largest display and is the most expensive and best ...

Consumer & Gadgets Sep 24, 2018

From a microwave to a clock, Amazon is taking Alexa beyond speakers

Amazon's product blitz Thursday wasn't just about new Echo speakers and new Fire TV DVR. In announcing 70 new products, the tech and delivery giant made clear it will bring Alexa to new gadgets ranging from cars to clocks ...

Consumer & Gadgets Sep 24, 2018

From Echo Auto to Alexa: Hits and misses from Amazon's new product reveal

The Echo speakers got the most attention. And pundits had fun with a talking Alexa microwave and clock.

Telecom Sep 19, 2018

Putting underused smart devices to work

There are currently millions of heavily underutilized devices in the world. The storage, networking, sensing and computational power of laptops, smartphones, routers and base stations grows with each new version and product ...

Business Sep 18, 2018

Apple escapes China tariff hit for now, but threats loom

The latest round of tariffs imposed on China imposed by President Donald Trump appeared to largely spare Apple and other consumer electronics makers but they face increasing threats from the deepening trade war between the ...

Software Sep 6, 2018

New internet of things protocol to transform hotel experience

Hotel guests could soon access their rooms and control the lighting, temperature, television and coffee maker through their mobile phones thanks to an innovative protocol for internet of things (IoT) devices developed at ...

Earth Sciences Sep 5, 2018

As ice recedes, the Arctic isn't prepared for more shipping traffic

I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research-cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a remote region of the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Arctic. Fortunately, none of the 102 passengers ...

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