Wired News: Celebrity sightings may be a dime a dozen in New York City, but now visitors can extend that glimpse to almost an hour, with stars Sigourney Weaver and Jerry Stiller talking their ears off. Weaver’s and Stiller’s voices pop up as narrators for Talking Street, a series of cell-phone tours that guide visitors through the Lower East Side, […]
Your Tour Guide – In A Cell Phone
New Touch Sensor Technology
Yenra: Touch sensor technology from TRW may transform human-machine interfaces for control systems. The company is working with two major vehicle manufacturers to bring the technology to market in 2007. The technology uses a control surface, much like that of a laptop computer, in place of mechanical switches. The technology replaces traditional mechanical control functions from simple on and off […]
Your Ringtone, Your Identity
Washington Post: Whenever his cell phone rings, which is a lot, Delvon Murray, 18, hears “My Boo,” the Alicia Keys-Usher duet. Whenever his girlfriend’s cell phone rings, she hears “In Love Wit Chu” from hip-hop artist Da Brat. These days, your cell phone identity goes beyond whether you get free weekend minutes or an expanded nationwide calling plan. It’s in […]
Eye Lenses in Cameraphones?
TheFeature.com: Lenses that mimic how the human eye works could prove the next innovation in cameraphones. Even as the megapixel count of cameraphones increases, image quality is still limited by their tiny fixed-focus lenses, which among other drawbacks, don’t gather light well. But one French company is developing liquid-lens technology that uses electrically charged fluids to change the shape of […]
OneDerWear!
Popgadget: Frequent travelers who don’t want to do laundry in the sink or pay for expensive hotel laundry services can just take along several packs of OneDerWear disposable underwear. OneDearWear is 100% cotton, 100% biodegradable, and comes in several styles for men and women, from boxers to thongs. The fabric is very thin, so they won’t last through more than […]
Mobile Graphical Content
Adverblog: A study by IDC (U.S. Wireless Wallpaper and Graphical Content 2004-2008 Forecast) reveals that graphical content has emerged in 2004 as the fastest-growing mass market for wireless data in the United States. The business, which includes wallpapers, caller ID graphics and screensavers, should grow from just under $150 million this year to over $1.1 billion by 2008. Despite this […]
2005’s New Business Ideas
Entrepreneur.com: From high-tech clothes to wine, eBay drop-off stores to tech security, the business ideas on our 2005 hot list run the gamut. But they have one thing in common: They’re sizzling hot and just waiting for you to bring them to life. 13 Hot Businesses for 2005 [Entrepreneur.com]