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  • Communication surfaces

    Wireless: Scientists Serve Up Bluetooth Replacement in the Form of Inkjet-Printed Plastic Sheets“Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed a new 1mm thick plastic sheet inkjet-printed with various nanoparticles and insulating and semiconducting...
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  • More flexible displays

    ITRI showcases a 10.4-inch flexible color LCD“The display is being developed by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and features two plastic substrate elements instead of a traditional glass one. ITRI says the display...
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  • Energy management

    Green Tech: Green Plug Is Promiscuous and Energy Efficient Like a Lady of the Night“Green plug hubs—which can have multiple gadgets jacked into it—have a microcontroller chip that chats up devices with the green talk protocol to intelligently deliver...
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  • Smart jacket

    O’Neill’s GPS NavJacket with integrated display and audio“The GPS equipped jacket from O’Neill is the result of a partnership with MyGuide. The Gore-Tex jacket features integrated audio in the hood and a display in the sleeve which...
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  • Places for getting work done

    You Won’t Find Me in My Office, I’m Working“Mr. Judkins spends his day moving around the agency’s offices, which are in a converted elementary school. The former gym, now filled with couches and tables, is a good place for creative thought, he said...
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  • Real desktop

    Desktop in real life“Ola Pehrson’s “Desktop” consists of a blue wall with Windows 95 icons hung vertically on the left side, and a camera pointing at the wall. On the desk is a monitor displaying the feed from the camera on its...
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  • Stretchy chips

    Expandable Silicon“The chips, built by researchers at Stanford University, consist of free-floating islands of silicon surrounded by coils of silicon wire. Each island can be processed to include transistors, sensors, or materials for tiny solar...
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  • Paper folding

    “Pop-up Card Designer is a Windows application, which generates unfolded pattern of Pop Up Cards. With simple interface, you can get unfolded pattern of your original Pop Up Cards.” Pop-Up Card Designer Read More...
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  • Built in projectors

    Portable PC Theatersign“In lieu of a display, it has a built it projector which can be removed to better positioning. Don’t worry about sound because flanking the projection lens are stereo speakers. What about messy cords? All cords retract into...
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  • Translations through images

    Nokia to turn cameraphones into foreign food finders“Nokia’s also designing the concept to translate foreign menus too. So if you’re struck dumb by a French menu offering “Le steak and chips”, you can just snap a picture of the text and it’ll translate...
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  • Wind-up technology

    Sony’s ODO Twirl N’ Take: a wind-up camera concept“Give that wheel a spin for about 15 seconds and the device has enough juice to power its way through a single photograph. The camera is installed in the handle. To see your snaps, you...
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  • Modular storage

    Chocolate Portable HDD“This portable hard drive looks like a chocolate bar but thats where the similarities end. Each piece is made of a modular flash drive. The central hub is a touchscreen to help you view and organize your collective files. In...
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  • Virtual paths

    Virtual Cable Turns Windshield into Navigation Display“A small laser works through a series of mirrors and lenses to project the path onto the windshield, as on a head-up display, although to the driver it appears to hover over the road. What Zamojdo...
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  • New forms of paying

    Bill Me Later Is Getting Big Now“When Amazon.com today announced that it would start to accept the Bill Me Later payment services, there was no small sense of satisfaction for Gary Marino. He founded Bill Me Later after a discussion with Mark Britto...
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  • Business card data

    Memory: M++CARD Combines a Business Card With USB Storage“Basically a flap on the rear of the card can be used to attach different memory sizes, and a pair of slits can be used for the USB adapter. To be honest, it doesn’t amount to much more...
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