For the gamers and avid readers out there who are so intent on their medium of choice they forgot to blink, help has arrived. Masunaga Optical has developed the Wink Glasses. These Palinesque lenses fog up if you haven’t blinked in the last 5 seconds. A small sensor will register your next blink and clear [...]

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From The Raw Story: Republican strategy is to paint Net neutrality as government ‘control’ of Internet Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would effectively allow Internet service providers to slow down or block Internet content or applications of their choosing. The FCC has finally gotten around to making [...]

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My son isn’t quite old enough to need a time out. However finding the Time Out Pad has taken a huge weight off my shoulders. I always assumed that I would need to keep him in my line of sight, but no more! As long as I am with in a reasonable distance the time [...]

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From The LA Times: Can Windows 7 repair Microsoft’s reputation and trigger enough sales to pull the technology sector out of the economic funk? Steve Ballmer certainly hopes so. The Microsoft chief executive and impresario known for his highly energetic speaking style this morning kicked off the launch of its latest computer operating system by [...]

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From H+ Magazine: Cyberdyne Corporation of Japan, in conjunction with Daiwa House, has begun mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that augments body movement and increases user strength by up to tenfold. Wow, this looks great. Soon I won’t even need muscles. At approximately $4200 this is a steal too. Until 6 months later the [...]

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From Singularityhub: Impressive as the skiing robot may be in many ways, clearly this robot is a far cry from gaining human respect on the slopes. The robot is unable to conquer anything more complex than a four gate course with an easy gradient and no major pitfalls in the way. Not sure of the [...]

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Two recent stories show the rapid convergence of biology and robotics. Man and machine have connected. First from the BBC: New robotic hand ‘can feel’ A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. Second from H+ Magazine: Using Human “Wetware” to [...]

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