When it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT), the only agreement in Washington is on its impact: It will be huge --- in both good and bad ways. The IoT may become a means to deliver a disabling, global attack. Connected IoT devices have potential to reveal more than a novelist about a person's behavior and bring privacy invasion to a new level. On the plus side, improved automation may save lives, keep people healthy and increase food production. That's a broad assessment of more than 130 papers submitted by businesses, industry groups, privacy advocates and others who responded to a request by …

The Internet of Things is extending to your parking space. China-based Huawei, along with Vodafone, recently conducted pilot trials for smart parking in Spain, the companies announced on Tuesday. The successul pilots, conducted in conjunction with Fangle and Ublox, found available indoor parking spots remotely. "Smart Parking will allow users to access parking data remotely, from mobile application, including checking parking spot availability, navigating to the available spots, etc," the companies said in a statement. "In addition, the solution will create new revenue streams for municipal management, lower public parking running costs, as well as helping to alleviate traffic congestion."

 Suppose your smartphone is clever enough to grasp your physical surroundings - the room's size, the location of doors and windows and the presence of other people. What could it do with that info? We're about to get our first look. On Thursday, Lenovo will give consumers their first chance to buy a phone featuring Google's 3-year-old Project Tango, an attempt to imbue machines with a better understanding about what's around them.

Under Armour is bulking up on mobile by adding a shopping application to the brand’s array of fitness titles, providing more than 170 million users with a personalized experience based on their workout history. The new UA Shop app leverages data from Under Armour’s digital fitness platform, which includes apps such as UA Record, MapMyFitness, Endomondo and MyFitnessPal, to provide users with a personalized shopping experience. UA Shop was developed to leverage data to provide in-app recommendations that connect consumers to the right gear.

For the past half decade, the technology industry has been racing to build better cameras into the hardware we use every day. Yet the surveillance age has inspired an odd cottage industry battling against this trend: a glut of cheap stickers and branded plastic slides designed to cover up the front-facing cameras on phones, laptops and even televisions. For years, security researchers have shown that hackers can hijack the cameras to spy on whomever is on the other end. To put that in perspective, think of all the things your devices have seen you do.

It's a perennial problem; do you give up the seat to the fifty-something year-old that just walked on the train, or will they be offended at the suggestion? Is that person pregnant and in need of respite, or just overweight? Chances are if you're having those internal discussions you could just quietly vacate your spot without a word, but a project in South Korea uses Bluetooth to make it more obvious when someone in need requires a seat. The pilot, called "Pink Light," focuses on pregnant women, and is a collaboration between Busan City and Daehong, a Korean PR company. It …

Sportswear retailer Moosejaw is taking advantage of VR commerce by rolling out a triple-threat virtual reality application, allowing consumers to experience a slew of outdoor activities, participate in mobile contests with shareable results and shop featured products. The retailer, which has a strong online presence and houses brands including Patagonia and The North Face, is offering customers new 360-degree and virtual reality experiences designed to incite pre-shopping excitement. Individuals can download the Moosejaw VR app to virtually climb or camp in the Moab Desert, among other settings, while participating in mobile contests to win sportswear gear and gift cards.

Buyers walking into a Cadillac dealer in the near future could find an interesting thing on the car lot: nothing. General Motors Co.’s luxury division has about three times as many U.S. stores as German luxury auto makers or Toyota Motor Co.’s Lexus, but sells only about half the volume. Short of steering around rigid state franchise laws and hammering out financial settlements to shutter stores, a plan is being hatched to convert a portion of Cadillac’s 925 stores into virtual dealerships that will be low on overhead and big on sophisticated technology. In a somewhat unprecedented way of moving metal, Cadillac …

Gaming device provider Razer is eyeing a huge slice of the growing virtual reality (VR) market in China and will launch several new products to tap growth seams, a top company official said. The company will also release new VR products developed jointly with its Chinese partners next month in China, according to Chief Executive Min-Liang Tan. The California-based company designs gaming mouses and keyboards and recently expanded to high-performance laptops and a VR platform called Open Source Virtual Reality, or OSVR. “We are going to make OSVR the de facto platform in China for virtual reality,” Tan said …

Imagine a world where you’re at the gym walking by a piece of equipment. As you walk by, an alert pops up on your phone telling you to use that equipment and exactly what to do on it, all based on your personal fitness goals. Now stop imagining and realize that this is all a possibility right now. Life Fitness, a fitness equipment company, has morphed the Internet of Things into the Internet of Gyms (IoG). The most notable of its innovations, LFconnect Protect, allows gym owners to get ahead of the game by monitoring all of their equipment in order to …