EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — A magic wand, an electric dress, an intelligent building and a high definition stereo 3-D TV. These are just four of the concepts driving work at the sprawling headquarters ...

Wikus van de Merwe (unwillingly) exploded a prawn with it. And that's perfectly acceptable, because every kid who's been caught probing a socket with a fork learns the hard way that Electricity Is ...

The basic idea is that each wand has a reflector in the tip, which coupled with strong IR illumination makes them glow on camera. This allows for easy gesture recognition using computer vision ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo approved a new state budget this month, which ponied up roughly half of the funds for the MTA’s $836 million Subway Action Plan. After nearly a year of quibbling over who will ...

Electric wands could allow future firefighters to extinguish flames with a wave of the hand, recent experiments suggest. Currently, firefighters use water, foam, powder, and other substances to tame ...

This toy is a wand with an accelerometer and a wireless transmitter to another electronic module, embedded in a block of clear plastic with an array of smart LEDs. When the wand is moved in a specific ...