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April 2009 - Technology Trends

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  • Hiding data

    The SpiderMac Desktop “Reader zackshackleton’s desktop takes a comic book panel and blends system stats into text bubbles, adding a useful touch to a really fun desktop.” Lifehacker Read More...
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  • Exchanging contact information

    Electronic business card forges online connections “The MingleStick is a single-button device with an infrared sensor on one end and a capped USB connector on the other. When two users meet, they both point their MingleSticks at each other and click...
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  • Becoming a public hotspot

    Clear Spot Portable WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot - Clearwire clear spot “I tested it on the outskirts of Portland, at a Burgerville right off of I-5 in Vancouver, WA, essentially becoming a totally unwired, totally portable wireless hotspot for anybody with...
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  • Research tools

    eyePlorer: Explore and Process Search Knowledge from Wikipedia “Keywords related to a user-chosen topic are placed in a circle, which once selected, reveals the nature of the relationship. The granularity of these keywords can be tweaked by a zoom...
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  • Tracking keywords

    Tinker Gives Twitter Its Long Awaited Events Firehose “There have been a number of sites that have offered one-off Twitter pages for events, like the Presidential election and The Oscars. These are great, but there still hasn’t been an easy way...
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  • Vision technology

    Implantable Telescope for the Eye “A miniature telescope implanted into the eye improves vision in people with macular degeneration. The four-millimeter-long implant contains two wide-angle glass lenses, which magnify images onto the retina.”...
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  • Dialling for the visually impaired

    Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touschscreens “Instead of making the user find the right place to press their finger, the engineers made the software find the user’s finger. Wherever the user touches when dialing becomes 5, and from...
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  • Digital graffiti

    Graffiti for Wii Video Shows 100% Silly Fun, 0% Mess - Wii Spray “You can pick colors pointing at patches, and even use stencils.” Gizmodo Read More...
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  • Digital transcription

    Experts begin to translate over 10,000 Arabic inscriptions adorning walls of Alhambra palace in Granada “The intricate Arabic inscriptions carved into the ceilings, columns and walls inside the imposing hill-top fortress have long fascinated visitors...
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  • Haptic safety feedback

    Intelligent car door clams up when danger’s about “The current prototype looks like a normal car door, but an extra metal bar runs through its centre and connects to the car’s frame between the hinges. In normal mode, the bar moves freely...
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  • Camouflage

    Video: NanoCamo Is the Next Small Thing in Fashion “By using specially-designed proteins as nanomotors, Sandia National Laboratory researchers have created a system that can assemble quantum dots into bright, fluorescent rings. In this video, you...
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  • Virtual + hardware

    SLAP Widgets: virtual controls you can touch “SLAP Widgets are real live plastic and silicone objects that are used in conjunction with a multi-touch table to allow users to control interface values through physical push buttons, sliders, knobs...
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  • Two views

    Range Rover 2010’s 12-inch Dual View Touchscreen Satisfies Two People at Once “The 510 HP 2010 Range Rover will have a dual view touchscreen, meaning the driver and passenger sees two different images based on their respective angles. This...
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  • Location-based dating

    Hitomebo GPS Cellphone App Allows You To Record Where You Spot Hot People “So, if one guy spots a hot girl sitting on the subway he records it. If the girl spots him and records that she thinks he’s hot then, by God, we have a match. It can...
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  • Comment aggregation

    BackType Connect For WordPress Brings The Web’s Conversation To Your Blog “Today BackType has launched a new WordPress plugin that allows bloggers to integrate BackType Connect functionality into all of their posts. This means that every relevant...
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