A trend in future automobiles that turns any interior or exterior surface into a display or control center. The goal is to hide physical and touchscreen buttons in order to make the interior as sleek ...

We have reached an impasse with our handheld devices where we simultaneously want smaller devices while also wanting greater connection speed and power. Ironically, one usually comes by sacrificing ...

For many years, engineers have sought to create a special kind of surface: one that can both repel and absorb liquids, and whose ability to do so -- its "wetting behaviour" -- can be quickly and ...

The range and variety of smart devices continues to grow ever greater. Researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have found a way that will allow them to design a ...

Our favorite gadgets may soon offer touch-sensitive surfaces made out of something other than glass. According to Windows Latest, Microsoft recently filed a patent application with the United States ...

Faster wireless speeds are on the way, but getting good signal strength in offices and homes is still a problem. To help address that problem, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ...

It's happened to anyone with a cell phone -- dropped calls or dead air because suddenly there is no service available. Or worse, the location pin drops on the navigation app. Researchers are looking ...

A cost/benefit analysis by clean energy advisory and venture capital firm Capital E suggests that implementing smart surface solutions in major cities would have multiple resilience and health ...

Researchers have developed an inexpensive, scalable smart surface that is powered by just a conventional electric battery. The copper-based surface changes from being highly water-repellent ...