Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to researchers. Just as people have embraced ...

We talk to our phones (thank you, Siri), so why can’t our tissue boxes respond appropriately when we sneeze?more People who need people may be the luckiest people in the world, but most of us may not ...

The cultural conversation about the Internet of things has tended toward a highly functionalist, utilitarian set of ideas: Connected objects can make smart homes a reality, where toasters will talk to ...

If these walls could talk, what would they say? Or for that matter, what would a street lamp post say, given the hundreds, even thousands of people that pass it every day? An interactive exhibit in ...