We've already seen numerous systems that can detect if drivers are getting drowsy. Now, however, engineering researchers at Canada's University of Waterloo have created software that can tell if the driver is engaging in distracting activities such as texting.
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Are your selfies the best that they can be? Unless you've done a lot of research into what makes a great selfie, they likely aren't. Fortunately enough, however, computer scientists have done that research – and they've used it to create an app that guides users in taking the best selfies possible.
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While Earth wasn't exactly the best place to set up home during the Archaean era, life still managed to thrive in its oxygen-free ancient oceans. Though much of this period remains a mystery, the still depths of Canada’s Boreal Shield lakes could offer clues to our early origin story.
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Paramedics experience more job-related injuries than workers in almost any other sector. According to research conducted by the University of Waterloo, however, there's a straightforward way of bringing those injury rates down by up to 78 percent: equip paramedics with powered stretchers.
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New research focusing on a coastal rainforest in Canada has found that human occupation over thousands of years is causing the region to flourish, with a penchant for shellfish and need for warmth a big part the reasons why.
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Full-blown standing desks, desktop converters or something inbetween are all aimed at getting you off your butt for the benefit of your health. Researchers have designed a system to help make the most of this upright approach to working by using lower limb activity for computer interaction.
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If you're finding that there just aren't enough shortcuts on your computer's keyboard, the Finger-Aware Shortcuts system may be what you need. It accesses different functions assigned to the same key, based on which finger you use to press it.
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The world is primed for an explosion of autonomous ambulatory devices. This has led a team of engineers from the University of Waterloo in Canada to draft a conceptual framework for an "Internet of Drones."
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Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that tracks blood flow in multiple points around the body and does so without needing to make contact with the skin, a tool that could prove useful in treating everybody from severe burn victims to the elderly.
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A new approach could hold the key to greatly improving the performance of lithium-ion batteries. Scientists have developed a new type of silicon anode, which they claim could lead to smaller, lighter and longer-lasting batteries for everything from electronic devices to electric vehicles.
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