The most paranoid among us already know the checklist to avoid modern audio eavesdropping: Sweep your home or office for bugs. Put your phone in a Faraday bag—or a fridge. Consider even stripping ...

Vibrating pads placed on people’s arms can make the illusion of holding light or heavy objects in virtual reality more convincing by making us disregard some inputs from our senses. Some virtual ...

Many of today's vehicles use object detection systems to help avoid collisions. SwRI engineers developed unique patterns that can trick these systems into seeing something else, seeing the objects in ...

Learn how five simple tricks use physics, motion blur, and misdirection to create striking illusions at home. Each move is carefully explained so even first-time performers can understand why it works ...