New Technologies
iPhone war: more than just a name
The court fight that erupted this week between Apple and Cisco is no ordinary trademark dispute. It’s one battle in a long war over the future of phone calls. When Cisco sued Apple this week over the ‘iPhone’ name, it wasn’t your typical legal move to wring lucrative licensing fees out of a deep-pocketed company. [...]
The Hug Shirt
The Hug Shirt is a shirt that makes people send hugs over distance! Embedded in the shirt there are sensors that feel the strength of the touch, the skin warmth and the heartbeat rate of the sender and actuators that recreate the sensation of touch, warmth and emotion of the hug to the shirt of [...]
Erasable Paper
Photocopier paper that erases itself hours after it’s been used? It’s in the works. Xerox researchers are testing it at a lab near Toronto Canada. The Xerox Research Center of Canada is one of five global centers. The Center in Canada focuses on the future of the document, inks, toners and imaging. It’s also the [...]
Google Launches Patent Search Site
Google has added another piece of search software to its arsenal, with the launch of Google Patent Search. The patent search site, launched as a beta on Wednesday night, is designed to sift through the approximately 7 million U.S. patents by a variety of parameters including filing date, issue date, patent number and inventor. As [...]
Veeker Video Peeks
You may soon hear people saying “VM me” rather than “IM me”. Veeker is a free video messaging service that enables a camera phone owner to shoot video and instantly share it with friends. Videos are sent directly to the Veeker site, where, similar to Flickr, the creator can opt to keep it private or [...]
Clearwire – Wireless Internet Service
The network Clearwire is unveiling today — which allows customers to connect to the Internet wirelessly wherever one can find a power outlet — is the biggest in the three-year history of the company. Before the Seattle launch, Clearwire operated in 12 states and 31 markets, with networks covering cities such as Amarillo, Texas; Duluth, [...]
