Connected Roombas get smarter with iRobot's 'Genius' update

For iRobot, much of the last several years has been devoted to making its line of home-cleaning robots smarter. There hasn't been much in the way of new hardware in a while, as the company focuses on things like connectivity, smart home integration and smarter cleaning. This latest update touch

MIT wireless system can monitor what care facility residents are doing while preserving privacy

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have developed a way for a fully wireless system to monitor not only movement and vital signs contact-free, but also to track activities — in a more privacy-preserving way without using video. The system has t