An alternative form of navigation is required for everything from navigating large vehicles to searching for dark matter in the far flung corners of space. Now, researchers at Imperial College London ...

Security experts have blown the whistle on countless software vulnerabilities, but it's not every day that hardware is blamed for compromising privacy. When such topics do arise, they usually focus on ...

There are several different methods for unlocking a touchscreen device, ranging from the simple swipe across the screen to entering a numerical code in order to access the system’s apps. Regardless ...

Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory have discovered a series of security vulnerabilities in the sensor arrays endemic to most smartphones. They found that accelerometers, speakers and ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech have succeeded in turning the iPhone into a spy phone. The team has discovered a hacker could use the iPhone placed inches from your keyboard to track what you’re typing.

A newly-released academic paper suggests that even without tapping into a GPS hackers can learn your movements through your cellphone with shocking accuracy, according to the Daily Dot. These findings ...

Fitness trackers are nowadays commonly used to track daily physical activity levels. But they may not be a good choice to use them as a source of objective data for research. In a "state of the ...

Using wrist accelerometer sleep patterns and sleep efficiency were measured, these two factors are associated with the diagnosis of mental illness. Sleep problems are known to be both symptoms and ...

One of the most difficult aspects of selecting an accelerometer for a particular application is interpreting the accelerometer’s specifications. Often you understand your test requirements well but ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech and MIT have developed a proof of concept to demonstrate that it is possible to record a computer user’s keystrokes using an iPhone 4’s accelerometer. The researchers ...