The WIMP human-computer interface may have an uninspiring name, but W indows, I cons, M enus and P ointing devices have dominated computing for some 15 years. The keyboard, mouse and display screen ...

With interest in computer security rising, don’t be offended if employees or customers give you the finger. A fingerprint, after all, is a very effective means of identifying or authenticating a user ...

Apple engineers put considerable thought into a “wearable electronic ring computing device” small enough to put on a finger. The proposed smart ring would have a touchscreen and work closely with ...

These devices point the way toward an upcoming era of more natural and intuitive interaction between human and machine. Robert Jacob, a computer science professor at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.