With the global observance of World Toilet Day on November 19, we take a look at how the modern toilet in our homes and businesses have evolved, and how they are becoming smarter tools in the future. We take a look at products from Toto and Kohler.

Agricultural scientists are turning to emerging technologies, such as robotics and AI, to help deal with the challenges associated with modern-day farming. Here are some of the tech being harvested today.

View Dynamic Glass makes windows coated with a special film that can literally dim on command, both saving energy and keeping you cool and comfortable.

Meet four female leaders who are not only at the forefront of technology today, but who are also using tech to help others. From robotics and medicine to food and undergarments, see how these four women are using technology to help make the world a better place.

Innovating health care is expensive, risky, and complicated legally. JLABS, a project funded by Johnson & Johnson, is trying to remove these barriers with clever and altruistic approach, and offer some lessons from tech startups.

They may not have processors or batteries, but smart clothes can react to the conditions around you, and make the great outdoors a whole lot more comfortable.

Brain readers are leaving the lab and finding their way into gyms, where the advanced metrics they deliver can help MMA fighters determine when it’s safe to return to the ring.

Thanks to a special fabric woven with silver, four Germans friends have designed a way to protect their privates from the potential threat of cell phone radiation: Boxer shorts that shield those most vital parts from electromagnetic waves.

Your smartphone can detect your body’s “bad vibes” through your voice, thanks to a new smartphone app.

Play a few games for about half an hour on Pymetrics’ website and the company’s algorithms will gauge your innate personal characteristics such as attention or motivation—and tell you what career you’re best suited for.

Research into complex disease is dramatically changing, thanks to apps like Asthma Health based on Apple’s ResearchKit, which aims to turn the smartphone into a potent medical device that can count calories and help contribute to clinical studies.

In the future, we may be able to download and 3D print extra hands (and – ulp! -- other body parts)

A team of scientists aim to create the most advanced virtual medical cadavers yet, to solve a simple problem: dead bodies are in short supply, and training in the real world is a very slow process.