Bluetooth gets smart

You may know Bluetooth as the wireless technology you use to connect your phone with your wireless headset or your car's hands-free speaker systems. But in the near future, you may use the wireless technology to do a lot ...

MYO armband to muscle into computer control (w/ video)

(Phys.org) —"Wave goodbye to camera-based gesture control." That is the confident directive coming from a one-year-old Waterloo, Ontario, startup called Thalmic Labs. The company is prepared to ship its next batch of wearable-computing ...

In smartphone's wake comes the intelligent watch

After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touching their phones.

Review: Acer's Iconia W700 Windows 8 tablet

During the rise of the iPad and Android tablet devices, there were a trickle of Windows-based slabs, but since the October release of the more touch-friendly Windows 8 operating system, it's turned into a flood.

Gadget Watch: Long-battery watch talks to iPhone

"Smart" watches that talk to cellphones have been around for some time, but they've been hampered by their high battery drain—usually needing recharging every few days. At this week's International CES electronics trade ...

New Lego robotics kit talks to iPhones

Lego bricks are getting cozy with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit.

Security experts warn of risky attacks on tech-loaded cars

(Phys.org) -- Now that tiny computers and electronic communications systems are being designed into cars, hackers can look toward the car, like the PC, as potential roadkill. If cars are to become computers on wheels, a number ...

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