mobile life

A transparent material that can be attached to a smartphone's touch screen could help the device generate electricity whenever anyone taps it, researchers in China say.

Smartphones equipped with portable devices that magnetically levitate cells might one day help diagnose diseases in the home, clinic or lab, researchers say.

Toddlers whose families are not well-off financially are spending plenty of time using mobile media devices, a new study reveals.

People with asthma could benefit from new inhalers and apps that take advantage of smartphones' capabilities to track when and where users need to use their medication.

The Mio Fuse is a new fitness tracker and training device from Mio Global, a company known for wrist-worn heart-rate monitors.

Misfit Flash is an activity and sleep tracker that you can wear on your wrist, clip onto your belt or dangle from your keychain.

The Withings Activité Pop is a fitness tracker for people who don't want to look like they're wearing a fitness tracker.

The Fitbit Charge is an activity tracker that also monitors sleep and displays incoming calls from your smartphone.