Article | 12/05/2012
IllumiShare project connects physical desktops
Attendees at the Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI) this week saw a device that looks something like a lamp shade and houses a proj...
Article | 10/05/2012
Gesture sensing alternatives use radio interference, Doppler Effect
Two Microsoft Research projects presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems used unique methods, completely absent of any camera...
Article | 9/05/2012
ZeroTouch turns 55-inch TV into touchscreen, gets ready for market
ZeroTouch, the inexpensive technology that turns regular displays into touchscreens, can be fitted to larger screens, is more responsive and is almost...
Article | 9/05/2012
Electric lemonade zaps taste buds
A research project at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Austin experimented with adding electricity to food to change its taste.
Article | 9/05/2012
Exploited display bug lets LCDs show two images simultaneously
Researchers have turned a display annoyance into a way to show two different images simultaneously. When an LCD is tilted, colors change and become di...
Article | 4/05/2012
Privy offers social daily deal alternative
Pizza chain owner Melissa Ferriman wanted to boost business using an online social deal promotion. She tried services like Groupon, but eventually cho...
Article | 30/04/2012
Hackers around the world hack NASA data for good
NASA held its International Space Apps challenge in locations around the world, hoping to find solutions by letting hackers manipulate U.S. government...
Article | 30/04/2012
Hackers around the world hack NASA data for good
NASA held its International Space Apps challenge in locations around the world, hoping to find solutions by letting hackers manipulate U.S. government...
Article | 26/04/2012
Creating an augmented reality app at Sandbox Summit
Participants at the Sandbox Summit at MIT learn what goes into making an augmented reality app.
Article | 26/04/2012
Creating an augmented reality app at Sandbox Summit
Participants at the Sandbox Summit at MIT learn what goes into making an augmented reality app.
Article | 26/04/2012
Robotic spider weaves web at MIT Media Lab
An MIT Media Lab robot mimicked silk worms and spiders and wove a cocoon-like structure with a little programming help from humans.
Article | 20/04/2012
World Tech Update, April 20, 2012
World Tech Update
Article | 20/04/2012
World Tech Update, April 20, 2012
World Tech Update
Article | 19/04/2012
The Byte - Gmail bug, Oracle smartphone plan, rebuilding Japan, Facebook Offers
Google resolved an outage that prevented millions of users from accessing their Gmail accounts. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says the company considered b...
Article | 19/04/2012
The Byte - Gmail bug, Oracle smartphone plan, rebuilding Japan, Facebook Offers
Google resolved an outage that prevented millions of users from accessing their Gmail accounts. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says the company considered b...
