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3-D, Hold the Glasses

  A breakthrough may lead to more widespread adoption of 3-D TVs Three-dimensional television got a major marketing push nearly two years ago from the consumer electronics and entertainment industries, yet the technology has one major limitation: viewers need special eyeglasses to experience the 3-D effect. Now the marketing experts say that the technology will [...]

Samsung to Sell Phones With Flexible Screens Next Year

Yi said tablets and other mobile devices with flexible displays would follow Samsung Electronics said Friday that it is aiming to launch mobile phones with flexible displays next year, with tablets and other portable devices to have these displays soon after. The company said it was aiming to follow on the success of its Galaxy [...]

The Newest Companies Coming Out Of Incubators: EdTech

Imagine K12 is a new Palo Alto incubator birthing only education startups. Can they change the way we teach our kids? Yes, there are ping-pong tables. Yes, there are ping-pong tables. And sure, over by the door there’s an enormous bike rack where the eco-conscious can stack their energy-saving driving machines. And as they lock [...]

World’s Largest Wind Power Storage System Charges Ahead

By combining wind turbines and batteries, AES hopes to deliver reliable powerELKINS, W.Va. — On top of the wooded green, orange and red rain-soaked hills near here, AES Wind Generation LLC, a subsidiary of AES Corp?., yesterday unveiled its new grid-scale power storage system, the largest facility of its kind in the world. The energy [...]

Wearable Cam Could Help Patients Stave Off Effects of Impaired Recall

Photographic Memory “Nana technology” could compensate for failing memories among people with Alzheimer’s disease, amnesia and other difficulties by taking over some of the brain work. Hopes for new Alzheimer’s drugs that would slow or stop the disease’s inexorable decline have repeatedly foundered in recent years. Large pharmaceutical companies, which have pushed ahead with drugs [...]

Virtually noise-free Eco Whisper Turbine unveiled

The world’s quietest wind turbine Brisbane’s Renewable Energy Solutions Australia (RESA) recently unveiled the first working installation of what is claimed to be the world’s quietest wind turbine. The Eco Whisper Turbine is capable of producing 20kW of electricity despite being about half the height and having half the blade diameter of more familiar three-bladed [...]

James Gosling wants to network the world’s oceans

Catching a Wave, and Measuring It Mr. Gosling is transforming a fleet of robots that move out in the ocean to measure everything from weather to oil slicks, sharply reducing many of the costs of ocean-related businesses. If his plans sound rather extreme, consider this: Mr. Gosling designed of one of the most influential and [...]