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Era of Wearable Tech Dawns

Red Herring Magazine

With portable electronics everywhere, companies find ways to build bulky devices and ugly wires into clothing.

iPods. Cell phones. BlackBerrys. Handheld video game systems. Millions of portable electronics around the world keep people connected and entertained, but transporting all these devices, their connector cables, and power supplies is anything but entertaining.

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The Control Of Light

by Scott Woolley, Forbes

Thomas Edison made a good start, but he really didn't get the whole picture with artificial light. He missed the nanotechnology angle.

Walking outside into the bright San Diego sunlight, Gregory Heinzinger flips open a pair of cell phones. The glare renders the screen of the first, a regular phone, unreadable. But the other phone's display, which uses the latest in nanotechnology, remains stunningly vibrant even in the sun, as bright and clear as a typical cell phone is in a dark room.

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Computer to User: You Figure It Out

Emerging Technology by Gary H. Anthes (COMPUTERWORLD)

The work is a branch of "affective computing," which attempts to make computers recognize and respond to users' emotions. And then there's "culturally embedded computing," as Cornell University information science professor Phoebe Sengers calls it, which applies a twist to the concept.

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The Easiest, Smartest GPS Yet

Seconds after you miss a turn, a voice offers revised instructions
by Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek

The web of parkways in Westchester County provides a great way to get around New York's northern suburbs, provided you're familiar with the twisty and sometimes poorly marked roads. They're quite a tangle, but I cruised them without trouble on a recent visit because I had the Garmin () nüvi 350 onboard, which was almost as good as being a local.

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Turn On, Plug In, Keep Up

By Jennifer Zaino & Darrell Dunn
InformationWeek

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is to the tech world what the now-defunct Comdex was in the '90s. Attendees endure IT-industry bigwigs bantering on stage with rockers and movie stars, and wait 90 minutes for a cab. They wade through overhyped product displays and, it's hoped, come away with a big-picture view of where technology is headed. The 1.6 million square feet of exhibition space leaves one lasting impression: Consumer electronics is driving innovation and creating market opportunities, whether it's for low-power processors, wireless connec- tivity, or mobile computing.

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Winners of Last Gadget Standing Announced

LAS VEGAS—At CES in Las Vegas new products flow fast and furious, but which products are really destined to stand the test of time and become long time players in the industry? That's the question that The Last Gadget Standing, an event held at CES each year, sets out to answer.

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