Warning signal to warn, targeting signal to target
Toyota Motor Corp’s “Crown Hybrid” released in May 2008 is equipped with the “Night View” system that displays the view of the road ahead at night.
In the previous model, the view of the road ahead is displayed on the windshield, and it is overlapped with the view right […]

Each empty shopping cart is a bold commentary on things gone wrong
When buying online first became mainstream, one of the most watched metrics for online merchants was the shopping cart abandonment rate. Through site security, consumer education and word-of-mouth about positive experiences, online retailers reduced the percentage of consumers who placed items in their […]

 
 Y-shaped nanotubes are ready-made transistors
For the first time, a research team led by Hongjie Dai, the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, has made transistors called “field-effect transistors”-a critical component of computer chips-with graphene that can operate at room temperature. Graphene is a form of carbon derived from graphite. Other graphene […]

NTT’s RedTacton human area network (HAN) technology will make you suspicious of every doorknob
Personal Area Networks (PAN), pioneered by IBM’s Thomas Zimmerman in the early 90s, have been, up until now, not much more than a geek dream, a way to network all your carried gadgets together without the worrisome wiring. Now, though, NTT is […]

From the mentally handicapped to the fashion impaired, there is a dating site waiting for you
With scores of dating sites catering to the bold and the beautiful, a growing number of niche sites are emerging for less fortunate lonely hearts, those struggling with mental or physical problems.

Very soon all of our dogs will begin to look like Tom Cruise
A California company is planning a string of online auctions next month to clone five dogs, with the bidding to start at $100,000. Scientists consider dogs among the most difficult animals to clone because they have an unusual reproductive biology, more […]

Paranoid about people reading your email?  You should be…
In its fifth annual study of outbound e-mail and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint found that 41% of the largest companies surveyed (those with 20,000 or more employees) reported that they employ staff to read or otherwise analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. 22% of these companies […]

Warriors who are battling the empire overloads can’t be bothered
by the petty economic concerns of you mortals
Video game sales in the US were up 31% through April over 2007, according to NPD Group. “Grand Theft Auto IV,” which made $500 million in its opening week, was not released until April 29. NPD said […]

 
 Cool desk that is part Transformer, and part disposable desk as the technology ages
Now building a computer into a desk is, when you think about it, a pretty idiotic idea. Not only are you saying that you don’t need the flexibility of a laptop, but you’re saying you’ll always be using your PC wherever your […]

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The Whole Earth Genealogy Project - Where will it lead?
Starting with a concept for creating the genealogy for the entire earth, Futurist Thomas Frey takes people on a fascinating journey into the topic of radical transparency.

 
 While viewers are switching to online video, ad revenues are not
The Internet represents a valuable complementary distribution platform for television broadcasters and cable networks, but it is not a viable replacement, according to Convergence Consulting Group.

Two-thirds of high-net-worth investors are influenced by online peer-generated content
An April 2008 Cogent Research survey found that US investors are highly engaged in social media, and their investment decisions are influenced accordingly.
The study found that 25% of US online adults are engaged in social media specifically related to personal finance and investing.

 Give your plant a voice.  Let it be heard!
This device let’s your plant talk and share it’s feelings with the whole world over the web, and post it on Twitter. You build it with an electronic kit from Adafruit called Botanicalls Twitter Kit, which attaches to your plants, and sends all the plants’ thoughts and […]

 
WiMax promises a whole new kind of fun on the web
As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.
A WiMAX network of the kind to be deployed across the United States by a joint venture dubbed Clearwire […]

This is what happens when you spend too much time online promoting your social network
Datamonitor forecasts that the number of social network users in Europe will more than double to 107.4 million in 2012, up from 41.7 million in 2007.

 
 31% of shoppers end up buying online
More Americans are researching furniture and appliances online than two years ago. A March 2008 PriceGrabber.com survey found that 81% of respondents turn to the Web for information on these items, while 53% claimed that the Internet was their first choice for home product research.

The driver winds the knobs to move the map on as their car travels further
They are notorious for guiding exasperated motorists down footpaths, into ponds or to the wrong city entirely.
But the modern-day sat-nav is likely to pose far fewer problems for lost drivers than its 1927 forerunner.
The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, which has […]

 
Online communities are forming at an amazing pace with 41% of those online
involved as a member of a some community
Large numbers of US Internet users joined online communities last year, and membership in such groups is now a mainstream activity.
Nearly half of US Internet users surveyed for the USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital […]

 
USPTO Commissioner John Doll talks abouts plans to expand the USPTO
Patent Hoteling Program at a recent DaVinci Institute event
As a solution to the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) difficulties in recruiting and retaining high caliber patent examiners and other critical personnel to move to the Washington, DC area, the agency has embraced a telework […]

 
 Online promotions account for 22% of overall interactive marketing spending
Spending on online promotions, including contests and coupons, will nearly triple to $22.8 billion by 2012 from $8 billion in 2007, according to Borrell Associates‘ “Online Promotions: The Big Shift” report.

 
 The story behind the story of the Microsoft withdrawal
Shortly after Microsoft announced its hostile bid for Yahoo, Google objected and raised the prospect that it would lobby government regulators to block any merger.
As it turned out, Google was very much the spoiler in the deal. But its most effective weapon was not threats or coercion, […]

 
The China hacker community grows with official sanction
China’s cyber warfare army is marching on, and India is suffering silently. Over the past one and a half years, officials said, China has mounted almost daily attacks on Indian computer networks, both government and private, showing its intent and capability.
The sustained assault almost coincides […]

The US finds itself in at an unremarkable 15th place
The US broadband policy environment is characterized on the one hand by market fundamentalists who see little or no role for government, and see government as the problem; and on the other by digital populists who favor a vastly expanded role for government (including government ownership […]

For days when being the hamster is not such a bad option
Developed by both Steelcase, a furniture manufacturer, and James Levine from the Mayo clinic, this treadmill desk allows you to game, work or just look at funny pictures on the internet and “work out” at the same time. The functions should be pretty obvious […]

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Very funny video about Facebook
What would it be like if Facebook was actually played out in real life? The Facebook Anthem after the jump.