We still remember twenty years ago when we had to walk dozens of minutes to an Internet café just to connect to the Internet.

Researchers from the University of Washington have 3D-printed objects and sensors that are able to communicate with Wi-Fi devices such as smartphones or computers without needing to be powered by ...

UW engineers have developed the first 3D-printed plastic objects that can connect to WiFi without electronics. The attachment above can sense when your laundry soap is running low — and automatically ...

The Internet of Things — the area of technology where previously dumb objects are getting equipped with radio signals and microprocessors to be connected, monitored, controlled and supercharged ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Today ...

In a few years, toothbrushes could tell dentists about their patients’ oral-hygiene habits. Malfunctioning sump pumps could send a phone alert before it’s too late and your basement floods. Taylor ...