Cool Stuff That's Coming

Technology giant IBM and Stanford University are teaming up to find ways to build more energy-efficient devices by controlling the magnetic orientation, or spin, of electrons.

Smooth, immediate translations between people speaking different languages would be a remarkable achievement of enormous economic and cultural benefit.

He seems to be the only person pursuing — perhaps quixotically — what’s known as a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flying car. Looking like a cross between a Corvette and a Cuisinart, it would fit in a garage, lift off from a driveway like a helicopter, then thrust forward and fly like a plane.

"For an average Internet user who regularly visits about 50 Web sites, rather than have to go visit those 50 sites wouldn’t it be cool if those sites could somehow visit you? And not only that, but if they could also tell you when they’ve changed?"

For several years, government leaders have referred to nanotechnology as the "next industrial revolution," and predicted that products based on it could be worth $1 trillion in a decade.

Griffith’s invention uses baby oil to shape car window tinting film into a mold. A polymer is poured in between, and the lens is ready in five to 10 minutes.

Imagine swarms of tiny sensors sitting in your office, seeing, listening and maybe even smelling everything that goes on around you.

Researchers from the University of Southern California have fashioned a printer that makes three-dimensional forms without the use of a laser.

Apogee Ventures Inc., is a specialized medical equipment company developing tools that use light to detect diseases.

“This is a significant step toward building optical devices that move data around inside a computer at the speed of light,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s chief technology officer.