Dressing in layers is usually the easiest way to ensure that you won't be uncomfortable at any point in the day. If things get too hot, just shed a layer and you're good, and if you get chilly again, ...

Someday our clothing may eavesdrop on the soundtrack of our lives, capturing the noises around and inside us. A new fiber acts as a microphone — picking up speech, rustling leaves and chirping birds — ...

Researchers developed a silk fabric, which is barely thicker than a human hair, that can suppress unwanted noise and reduce noise transmission in a large room. We are living in a very noisy world.

“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” is a now popular meme that originated from a commercial for the portable ambulance caller LifeAlert. Since it came to market, more wearable technology has emerged to ...