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Software that Listens for Lies

 

Data Furnaces Could Heat Homes                             heating

Trying Out the World's First In-Car Music Streaming System

Face Recognition Makes the Leap from Sci Fi to Reality 

An Online Answer to the DVR                                       film

Kindle Connects to Library E-Books

Sony Binoculars Change Video to 3-D

All the News You Want, When You Want It

Liking is for Cowards:  Go for What Hurts

Self-Adjustable Eyeglass Lenses

The PeePoo, a Biodegradable Toilet 

Finding an Instant Date Nearby, with an App        dating

Use HelloFax to Kill Your Fax Machine                                      websites

 Flying Cars May Be Just a Year Away                      cars

How Tablets May Replace Waiters                           restaurants

A Digital Pioneer Questions What Technology Gave Us         technology

 Viddy:  Like Instagram, but for Videos                                    videos

Sifteo:  Tiny Screens for Tiny Delights Sifteo         Sifteo

Using the Internet to See if Your Pants are the Right Fit       the Internet

Smart Contact Lenses                                                          contact lenses

A Social Networking Site for Smokers                                    smoking

Emergency Alert System Expected for Cell Phones               the government

Paper Computers:  The Next Thing?                                     computers

Printing Your Dishes                                                              3-D Printing

Increase the Quality of Your MP3s                                        music

Apple Granted Patent for Holographic Technology             Apple

Study Sees Way to End Spam Fight                                         spam

An App that Finds Available Parking Spaces                         apps

Uber:  Car Service at the Click of a Button                            cars

Job of Judging Games' Content Ceded to Machines           video games

Uber:  Car Service at the Click of a Button                            cars

Job of Judging Games' Content Ceded to Machines           video games

Developing an Antenna Made of Seawater                        the military

Kindle Users to Be Able to Borrow E-Books from Libraries     e-readers

Daytum.com:  Chart Your Life in Graphs                             websites

The GoSmart Clip:  A Well-Made Bad Idea                           driving

3-D Avatars Could Put You in Two Places at Once                business

 

New Search Technology Enhanced with Videos                     search engines

Labels and Musicians Enhanced by the iPad                          iPads

The 10 Greatest (Accidental) Inventions of All Time                history

An iPhone App Helps the Blind Identify Currency                    apps

A Faster Way to Text                                                                business

Go800 Lets You Dial Friends Via Their Twitter Names              phones

A New Way to Look at Viruses...Up Close                              viruses

The Reinvention of Silk                                                             materials

Mog, the Digital Music Service, Takes Aim at the TV              music

Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Software            lawyers

3-D Printing of Plastics                                                            business

Liquid-Crystal, Rechargeable Eyeglasses                               glasses

A 3-D Snag for Portable Gaming Devices                            video games

An App to Check Out the World of Beer                              apps 

Sony's New PSP

 Apps that Alter (and Shorten) What You Read Online        apps

The Video View from a Hot Wheels Car                              toys

iTwin:  Remote Access Made Easy                                        products

Scents Controlled via USB                                                      products

Word Lens Translates Spanish as You Look at It                       cameras

 Online Dating:  Apps and Laws for Safer Matchmaking           dating

 A New Phono ... Preamp?                                                        music

Top 10 Android Apps                                                                 apps, Android

 The Rescue Reel:  A New Escape Device                           safety

In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist with Healing                    psychology

The Cloud Batters the Buddy Punch                                    business

Parents Photoshopping Kids' Yearbook Photos                    [children

Mint, the Hard-Floor Robotic Cleaner

The Koobface Worm and Facebook's Security                    Facebook

A Web Browser for the Facebook Generation                   browsers

The Jam Box                                                                       music 

Studies in Hyperreality                                                      [hyperreality]

A Spray of DNA to Keep the Robbers Away                         [DNA, crime]

A Way to Anonymously Share Text Messages                        [texting]

Chainless Bicycles                                                                  [bicycles]

When Readers Change the Author's Intentions                    [e-readers]

Perhaps Orwell was Wrong:  Beware of Little Brother          [the Internet]

Hunting without Killing                                                          [hunting]

Tweeting a Murder Trial                                                         [Twitter]

The Air Mouse                                                                         [mice]

Connect Your Laptop to Your TV for $99                               [products]

China Explores a Frontier 2 Miles Deep                                  [China]

The Teenager Behind Chatroulette                                        [websites]

Livescribe, the Pen that Never Forgets                                   [pens, products]

3-D Printing Stirs a Manufacturing Revolution                         [printing]

Your Own Hot Spot...Cheap                                                   [hot spots]

Few Use Foursquare and Other Apps that Show Location     [social networking]

Consumers Getting Freaked Out By Ads that Follow Them    [advertising]

Wood is Good for Headphones                                              [wood]

Web Photos that Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live       [The Internet]

An iPhone App that Fights Corrupt Mexican Police           [apps, Mexico]

Batteries Powered by Radio Waves                                   [batteries]

Apps that Save You from Sunburn                                                 [apps, sunburn, health, iPhones]

Creating Works of Art and Home Decor with Snapshots   [art, websites]

Skype Puts Video Calls on Your TV                                      [TV]

3-D Cell Phone Effects without Glasses                               [3-D, cell phones]

Batteries that Can Recharge on a PC                                [batteries]

Keeping Your Phone on a Digital Leash                               [products]

Using Your Cellphone to Translate Alien Subtitles                  [film]

Reading Music on the iPad                                                   [iPads]

Putting a Private Detective in Your Laptop                          [crime]

IBM's Watson                                                                          [computers, IBM]

The Boogie Board:  A Digital Slate                                         [writing]

Bars Turn to Texting to Warn of Rowdy Patrons                     [texting]

Tablet Lets Students Replace Notebooks and Textbooks      [computers]

Abortion Drugs Given in Iowa via Video Link                        [abortion, Iowa]

Thrifty Wi-Fi that Travels with You                                           [Wi-Fi]

Buy (Disney) Movie Tickets Through Facebook                      [Facebook, Disney]

On the Go and Hungry?  Snapfinger                                    [apps, iPhones]

Urban Spoon and OpenTable Fight for iPad Reservations    [restaurants]

For Children, a Social Network with Training Wheels            [social networking]

The Sounds of Typing Can Be Decoded                                 [typing]

Researchers Say they Created a 'Synthetic Cell'                    [science]

Printing Body Parts                                                                 [printing]

The Dealmap: Find the Cheapest Beer or Barber Near You   [websites]

Learning to Love the Electric Bike                                         [bicycles]

It Helps You Find Your Car                                                     [cars]

Auto-Tweet Your Weight to the World                                  [Twitter]

For iPhones, Unauthorized Repair Shops Flourish                   [iPhones]

Prosthetic Fingers                                                                    [prosthetics, the finger]

The Knife with Self-Destructing Memory                                   [tools]

Using an Electronic Device to Break in a New Violin              [musical instruments]

Ultraslim Speakers for Your Ultraslim TV                                    [speakers]

Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab                    [bones]

A Charger that Knows When to Stop Sucking                        [products]

The Next Twitter?  Filming Our Mundane Lives                        [products]

An Easy Way from PC to TV                                                    [products]

The Jawbone                                                                          [jawbones]

How Privacy Vanishes Online                                                  [privacy, social networking]

MLB Scores, Live Games, and More at Your Fingertips            [iPhones, apps]

A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory                                [health]

A Mechanical Cushion to Protect a Crashing Helicopter      [helicopters]

Video Mad Libs with the Right Software                                [novelties]

Apple’s New Chip                                                                   [Apple]

With iPad, Apple Blurs the Line Between Devices                   [iPads, business]

An App to Help You Find Art Exhibitions Near You                  [apps, iPhones]

LifeGoRound:  All of Your Digital Pictures On a Real Frame    [products]

Use Your iPhone as a Keyboard for Your Computer                [apps, iPhones]

Vudu Lives (and Maybe You Should Check it Out)                  [services]

Researchers Can Make Products Turn Any Color                     [products]

Coming Very Soon:  PCs and TVs that Respond to Gestures   [computers]

Cheap Mobile Phones, Even Overseas                                [cell phones]

An App to Record What You Eat                                         [apps, nutrition]

Despite Risks, Internet Creeps onto Car Dashboards           [the Internet]

3-D TV Sets Now Available; 3-D Channels on the Way         [3-D, TV]

Skype to Be Integrated into Your TV                                      [Skype]

Watching TV Together, Miles Apart                                        [TV]

SeeClickFix.com:  People Can Complain and Be Heard      [websites]

Lego iPhone App Can Design Your Photo with Legos          [toys, apps, Legos]

Like Playing Mind Games?  There's a Toy for That                  [toys, products]

A Camera that Helps You Text as You Walk and More          [David Pogue]

FreeAllMusic.com:  Like Hulu for Music                                    [websites, music]

Getting Fit with 2 Bits                                                              [health, products]

Viruses on Facebook                                                               [Facebook]

An iPhone App to Hunt Down Free Video Rentals                  [iPhones, Redbox]

Flip:  A Wireless Way to Get Videos from PC to TV                  [products]

n.Fluent:  A Translator Tool with a Human Touch                    [language, IBM]

The 50 Best Inventions of 2009                                                [innovation]

A Demonstration of James Cameron's Augmented Reality  [toys, Avatar]

Multiroom Sound System?  There's an App for That                [sound systems]

How Blu-Ray and Web Devices are Eclipsing TV...Fast            [Blu-ray]

A Contact Lens that Could Put Names to Faces                    [contact lenses]

Dopplr.com Updates You on Who's Traveling Nearby            [ [ [ [websites, travel]

Combining GPS with Twitter                                                   [GPS, Twitter]

Radio Program Interrupted?  Bookmark It and Go Back       [radio]

Preserving National Monuments with Lasers                           [lasers, Mt. Rushmore]

Pulse Knows Where You Are and What You're Looking For     [apps, Pulse]

Wisk-It Helps You Remove Bad Facebook Photos of You     [Facebook, apps]

Brain-Controlled Wheelchair is "95% Accurate"                     [the brain, wheelchairs]

Through-the-Wall Vision Via Small Radios                             [radio technology]

How Shazam Identifies Songs that You Hear                        [apps, iPhones, Shazam, music]

Through-the-Wall Vision Via Small Radios                             [radio technology]

How Shazam Identifies Songs that You Hear                        [apps, iPhones, Shazam, music]

Foursquare Helps You Find Where Your Friends Actually Are [Foursquare, websites]

Hybrid Cars May Include Fake 'Vroom' Sound for Safety       [cars, safety]

Bar Codes that Let Shoppers Trace Food to Exact Origin     [bar codes]

If Skype Should Fail, There are Several Strong Alternatives     Skype, VOIP

The New Rubik's Cube                                                           [Rubik's Cubes, toys]

Burst of Technology Helps Blind to See                                   [the blind]

The Air Inside Your Flight Could Soon Become Cleaner         [transportation, airlines, health]

Self-erasing Paper                                                                   [paper]

Batteries that Draw Oxygen from the Air                               [batteries]

A Factory on Your Desk:  Complicated 3-D Printing              [printing, 3-D printing]

On the Way:  Augmented Reality                                          [augmented reality]

Like Apple, TV Explores Must-Have Applications                    [TV]

Yoostar's Do-It-Yourself Greenscreen Makes You Famous      [Yoostar, greenscreen, novelties, products]              

The Wireless Wine List                                                             [wine]

Software to Help Locate Lost or Stolen Digital Devices        [tracking technology]

Pillow Records People's Worries, Transcribes in the Morning  [pillows, products]

As Actors Audition, Casting Director Criticizes Via Twitter     [Twitter, actors]

The Spread of Internet Rankings...You Will Soon Be Rated     [the Internet, rankings, trends]

Bank Will Allow Customers to Deposit Checks by iPhone      [banks, iPhones]

SkinniPopcorn.com Aggregates Film Tweet Reviews             [websites, Twitter, film]

The RainBrain Shower Plays MP3s and Tries to Know You        [products, showers, mp3 players]

One of the Most Wireless Cities:  Baltimore                             [trends, Baltimore, wireless technology]

Self-Destructing E-Documents                                                  [e-mail, self-destruct mechanisms]

An Animated Film is Created through Internet Concensus     [film, social networking, Web 2.0, Sony, animation]     

The Zeo Alarm Clock:  Analyze & Improve on Your Sleep         [alarm clocks, sleep, products, Zeo]

Swiss Postal Service is Moving Some Mail Online                           [Switzerland, postal services, mail]

Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball's Unseen Skills                         [sports, baseball]

David Pogue:  Bing is Better Than Google                              [David Pogue, Bing, Microsoft, Google]

Sending GPS Devices the Way of the Tape Deck?                  [GPS, cell phones, telephones, Smartphones]

Low-Cost Artificial Heart Design Based on the Cockroach    [medicine, artificial hearts, insects]

The Pros and the Cons of Kindle's Rival:  The Cool-er             [the Kindle, e-books, the Cool-er]

G.E.'s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc                   [G.E., DVDs]

Analysis of Knees Could Be Used to Confirm People's IDs       [medicine, ID technology]

3-D Hurts Your Eyes.  Always Has, Always Will                          [3-D]

Webcam Brings 3-D to Topps Sports Cards                             [3-D, Topps, sports]

David Pogue Tries Twitter                                                        [Twitter, David Pogue]

A GPS Device That's a Parental Tool                                       [GPS, parenting]

Microsoft Songsmith is Easy (if Painful to Hear)                       [Microsoft, software]

Botox-Makers' New Drug Makes Your Eyelashes Long             [beauty]

Nintendo to Deliver Video on Wii                                           [Nintendo, Wii]

The Internet Exaflood                                                               [the Internet]

Little Ones Get Test for the Sports Gene                                   [parenting, genetics, biology]

Paper-Thin Loudspeakers via Carbon Nanotubes                    [nanotechnology, speakers]

Digsby Combines Facebook Updates with Mass IMing            [Digsby, instant messaging, websites]

The Pocket-Sized Projector                                                        [projectors]

In Use Now:  The First Serious Battlefield Ray Gun                      [weapons, guns]

Using the Wii Remote to Make Your Monitor 3-D & More          [3-D, Wii, Nintendo]

The WildCharge Mat                                                                 [Wii, Nintendo]

Multitask with This                                                                     [multitasking, computers]

A DVD Copier for $30                                                                [DVDs]

Earth Class Mail:  Get Your Snail Mail Converted to E-mail      [services, websites, e-mail]

Finger Print Test Tells What You Have Touched                         [ID technology]

New Device for Avoiding Traffic in Your Car                            [cars, GPS]

When Official Truth Combines with Cheap Technology           [government]

Torrents:  First Music, Then Film, Now College Textbooks           [torrents, publishing]

Night Vision Goggles for Your Kids                                            [night vision]

Become Knight Rider                                                                 [cars]

Playing Video Games with Your Brain                                       [video games]

TiVo Service Will Deliver Selections of TV Critic                          [Tivo]

A Computerized Magnifying Glass                                            [magnifying glasses]

Little Bean Bag Brings Widgets, Music, More                              [widgets, gadgets]

Sharing What Eyes Have Seen                                                   [glasses]

Goodbye Plasma TV, Hello OLED                                              [TV, OLED]
 
Zoombak: Tracking Every Need                                                [Zoombak, services, products]

What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You                                    [gadgets]

Digital Billboards to Show Fugitives                                          [digital billboards, crime]

Evolutionary Design                                                                  [innovation]

Software Can't Keep Up With Microchip Pace                         [software]

Harnessing Energy from Asphalt                                                [the environment]

Soup Up Your Wi-Fi                                                                     [Wi-Fi]

Spam's End? Maybe, if Time Allows                                           [spam, e-mail]

Wikipedia to Pay Some Illustrators                                            [Wikipedia, websites]

Teen Arrested for Virtual Furniture Theft                                     [crime]

Cloning Redwoods in CA                                                         [the environment]

Downloading Via Light                                                             [downloading]

Germany's 600 Million Piece Puzzle                                            [Germany, mysteries]

A Car You Can Take on the Ocean                                           [cars]

Videoconferencing is about to Get a New Lease on Life          [videoconferencing]

Holographic Data Storage                                                         [data storage, holograms]