In the movies, everything is modular. Some big gun fell off the spaceship when it crashed? Good thing you can just pick it up and fire it as-is (looking at you, Guardians of the Galaxy 2). Hyperdrive ...

Microsoft has patented a “modular computing device” that would enable people to put together the exact PC components they want, allowing for replacement of certain parts rather than forcing people to ...

Motorola has announced a free open hardware platform for smartphones called “Project Ara.” The goal is to create a modular smartphone that would allow users to swap hardware components at will.

Bosch Rexroth widens its ctrlX ecosystem through a major Advantech partnership and collaborations with SEW-Eurodrive, Emerson ...

Apple has filed a new patent that outlines a future device where a phone can transform into a full-fledged camera system by attaching a dedicated camera module, marking a major departure from current ...

Developers need rapid prototyping tools to get ideas into working order so they can eventually get to market more quickly. I spoke with Dung Dang, a Texas Instruments (TI) application engineer, about ...

Getting your groove going with a modular synth can involve lots of patch cables or a screen full of intimidating controls, depending on whether you're playing with hardware or software. Or it could be ...

Facebook acquired Bay Area startup Nascent Objects and its modular electronics platform, a software solution that expedites the process for building objects such as 3D-printed hardware, as reported by ...

Modular hardware hasn't exactly resonated with consumers. PC-on-a-stick devices like Intel's Compute Stick and the sea of me-too devices that followed seemingly vanished overnight. Similarly, modular ...

Researchers demonstrated a scalable, modular hardware platform that integrates thousands of interconnected qubits onto a customized integrated circuit. This 'quantum-system-on-chip' (QSoC) ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft unveiled some intriguing changes to its Surface Hub 2 earlier this week.

Car manufacturers struggle to meet consumer demands to keep pace, implementing the latest technology in cars rolling off the assembly line. This has been a difficult task, due to the cost and ...