Your phone’s camera isn’t just for selfies—it can also double as a visual search engine. From mystery plants to random gadgets, these top Android and iPhone apps can help you identify almost anything ...

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have had a breakthrough in giving a robot the human-like ability to determine what an object looks like just by ...

We’ve checked out a bunch of them to help you find the best star maps app for your needs in 2025. Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned skywatcher, there’s likely an app that’s perfect for you ...

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Here we round up the best mobile apps to help you spot space stations and satellites in the night sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Think Google Lens is just for IDing flowers and landmarks? I tried it on random 3D printed parts, medical thingamajigs, and one oddly familiar object that almost tricked it.

For humans, it's easy to predict how an object will feel by looking at it or tell what an object looks like by touching it, but this can be a big challenge for machines. Now, a new robot developed by ...

If you're new to astrology, sometimes it can be a bit tricky to know what you're looking at. Is what you're seeing overhead just a drone or one of the 200 billion trillion stars we can see throughout ...

Imagine spilling a box full of Lego bricks over a table. Now—take a leap with me—don your imaginary augmented reality glasses. The camera in the AR glasses will immediately start cataloging all the ...

Interpol launched a new mobile phone app Thursday that lets users search and identify stolen art pieces using image-recognition software, a tool authorities hope will help recover lost artwork and ...

You're in your garden and notice a beautiful, new-to-you flower that has popped up somewhere unexpected — pull it or leave it? Or perhaps an unfamiliar garden pest has ravaged your tomato plants. Or ...