Nothing makes residents and managers more nervous about privacy issues than voice activated technology. But hands-free intelligent devices are becoming indispensable ...

A recent study reveals voice-activated car systems that car makers so dearly promote as a 'smarter way to interact' are turning out to be a major cause of distraction. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

Frank is an active older adult who regularly takes his mobile medical alert device along with him when he goes out as a precaution. But when he’s at home, he feels encumbered wearing a lanyard or ...

A new sniff-sensing controller out of Israel may enable the severely paralyzed to navigate wheelchairs, surf the Net, and communicate in writing via controlled inhalations and exhalations. The system, ...

Remember those TV shows from decades past that showed what the "future" in the next millennium would look like? Voice activation was a very popular theme. For example, Knight Rider talked to his car, ...

In Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, a super-Siri-like technology allows artificial intelligences called CASE and TARS to conduct seamless conversations with humans. The contrast between their hulking ...

DrumPants, the wireless device that converts your pants into a wearable MIDI controller and music sequencer, can now bring a different kind of music to the ears of those around you. Its creators have ...