Electronic contact lenses offer superhuman eyesight

Engineers have managed to combine a flexible contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. The new contact lens could superimpose computer displays onto a person’s eyesight.
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or [...]

Sprints shows its new WiMax devices

4G is on its way!! THIS YEAR!
LAS VEGAS — With just a few months to go before the launch of its next-generation wireless network, Sprint Nextel Corp. has a distinctly modest lineup of compatible devices.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show here this week, Sprint showed only two computer modems that will definitely be available in [...]

Apple introduces MacBook Air

During his Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air, a computer that the company billed as the world’s thinnest notebook — small enough to fit inside an interoffice mailing envelope. It’s priced starting at $1,799 and will be available within two weeks.
Sporting a silvery finish, the MacBook [...]

Nyko introduces first third-party Wii guitar

Nyko showed off some new accessories for the Wii and other systems (but most importantly the Wii) at the CES trade show. The company offered some more concrete information about the release of their Wireless Nunchuck, specifying a Q1 2008 release window and $30 price point for this product.
Their other Wii peripheral is something that [...]

An Apple TV With a Blu-ray Player?

Rumors are flying fast and furious over what Steve Jobs will pull out of his blue-jean pocket a week from Tuesday at his annual speech at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. These include a movie rental service for iTunes, a super small notebook computer perhaps with a solid-state hard drive, a notebook docking station, [...]

Toys”R”Us Offering Wii “Bend Over” Bundle

Toys”R”Us has just gone above and beyond the call of corporate greed, in an effort to take advantage of every consumer interested in purchasing the popular Nintendo Wii console. The retailer is offering what is perhaps the worst next-gen console “bundle” in the history of gaming: a Nintendo Wii and 10 games (no first party [...]

Chinese Wii knock-off gets sequel, Vii 2

While Nintendo is too busy these days, keeping up with demand for the Wii, to even consider working on an improved version of their revolutionary system, the Chinese that created the Vii, that funny replica of the Nintendo Wii, already have a sequel ready, the Vii 2.

Sure it might not have been as good [...]

11 Year-Old-Boy Donates Wii to Help Needy

Every now and then when you read about someone performing a selfless, heart warming act of kindness, it just sort of makes you feel like a jerk. Such is the case with 11-year-old Tyler Strasser, who’s been helping out those in need since he was a young toddler in diapers. Scratch that; since he was [...]

iRobot Roomba 560 PC Magazine Review

If you’ve strolled down the aisles of Target or Bed, Bath, & Beyond lately, you may have come across a curious sight—that of an honest-to-goodness vacuuming robot for sale. iRobot, maker of the brave little PackBots now deployed extensively by the U.S. military, has been selling its Roomba robot floor vacs for years now. In [...]

Researchers develop 2-D invisibility cloak

A University of Maryland research team has used plasmon technology to create the world’s first invisibility cloak for visible light.
Harry Potter may not have talked much about plasmonics in J. K. Rowling’s fantasy series, but University of Maryland researchers are using this emerging technology to develop an invisibility cloak that exists beyond the world of [...]

The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007

From on-demand video services that were overly demanding, to underwhelming operating-system updates, 2007 was full of disappointments. We surveyed the landscape and polled some old friends to come up with the 15 products, companies, and industries that left the most sour taste in our mouths.
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What to Expect From Google and the 700-MHz Spectrum

One of the biggest telecom events in 2008 is slated to occur just six weeks from now. Starting on January 24, both telcos and Internet companies will be able to place their bids on blocks of the 700-MHz spectrum, which are scheduled to be vacated by incumbent UHF television broadcasters in February 2009.
The auction has [...]

The 20 Best iPod Utilities

With a new generation of iPods on the market this holiday season, your reliable old iPod may not seem as shiny as it once did. But with the help of third party applications and utilities, you can unlock tons of useful functionality you never knew was there and revive that aging iPod so it doesn’t [...]

Really, truly official: Google to bid on 700MHz spectrum

Google’s interest in the 700MHz spectrum auction has not been a secret. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said back in August that the company would “probably” bid in the auction, and Google announced several weeks ago that it was preparing all the necessary materials to make a bid. Now, at last, Google is making it [...]

Considering a Home Theater Projector? 10 Points to Ponder

What makes home theater projectors so sexy, so compelling and so different from a regular old TV set with its LCD or plasma screen? We’re going to break it down for you, and let you know why it just might be worth it to consider putting together a dedicated home theater room—a temple devoted to [...]