One dramatic example of how smart object technology is transforming the way large enterprises do business is Duke Energy, a leading electric power utility operator in the southeastern United States.

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 ...

Lukáš Likavčan reads the smart objects that are at the basis of the smart city paradigm as fetishes of sorts.

This week Microsoft published a patent for smart fabric that recognizes objects and touch input. Alas, I'm skeptical of its utility.

In July, Mexico's attorney general became a smart object. Rafael Macedo de la Concha had an RFID chip implanted in his arm that can track and authenticate him, a bold bid to fight government ...

If we’ve learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it’s that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn’t interested in that development, but ...

Smart technology is now in a part of our everyday life, as a French company has created a mirror that lets us get all our information while we get ready.