Google has filed a patent for fall detection via smart home devices using a radar system. The feature would notify an emergency contact or emergency services in the event of a fall. This suggests that ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

Radar might soon find its way into more personal technology than Google's phones and smart speakers. 9to5Google notes Google, Ford and four other partners have published specs for a Ripple standard ...

The dream of the smart home is that every object in our houses can communicate with every other one. But as great as that sounds on paper, it’s not very practical. For one thing, it means replacing ...

Google just unveiled a brand new Nest Hub smart display, which is now available for preorder from the Google store for $99.99. The new device will offer many of the same features as previous models, ...

Before you write off Google's new hand gesture feature as yet another mobile tech parlor trick, consider some critical points about the technology behind it. Ladies and gentlemen, the future is upon ...

The FCC approved Google to test a new radar motion sensor technology called Project Soli. Using this radar motion sensor, a person could manipulate a smartphone, smartwatch, or other devices without ...

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