Coming Soon: Mind-Reading Cell Phones

What if cellphones knew what sort of moods we were in? What if they could anticipate to whom we’d crave to talk? What if they knew which calls we’re waiting for? If Intel has its way, they soon will.
The cell phones of 10 years ago(…)
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Gyroscopes the Size of Sand Will Track You Anywhere (Even Underground)

The Israeli Department of Defense has cooked up the world’s smallest gyroscope—powered by lasers and as small as a single grain of sand. The new gyros are sensitive enough to track your position and movements anywhere—no GPS required.
The underlying tech is the same that’s found(…)
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Breakthrough ‘Zero Power’ Display Can Do Color and Video, Too
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It sounds too good to be true, but researchers at the University of Cincinnati are convinced that they’ve developed a revolutionary electrofluidics display that combines the color and video capabilities of an LCD with the low power consumption of e-ink.
The technology, which was seven years(…)
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An Energy Monitoring Brain Makes This Building the World’s First Zero Carbon Convention Center

It’s not often (ever?) that a convention center is anything worth being excited about, but Ireland’s new Convention Centre Dublin uses ingenius engineering and an omniscient mother brain to monitor and adjust itself. The result? Zero carbon footprint.

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