In partnership with Google, the Metro Transit Authority took to tying several Google Pixel phones to subway cars in New York in order to track data. The experiment was part of the MTA’s need to ...

Collectively, these sensors can be used by clever software to deliver all sorts of useful features, like how Pixel phones are able to detect when we’re in a car crash and summon emergency ...

Typically, inspectors walk all 665 miles of the subway tracks to find any issues, along with sensor-laden “train geometry cars" picking up data three times a year. During the experiment ...