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Liquid camera lenses controlled by sound (ZDNet)
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created an adaptive liquid lens that captures 250 pictures per second. Because these lenses are simply powered by water and sound, they need less energy to operate than competing technologies. According to the project leader, 'The lens is easy to manipulate, with very little energy, and it's almost always in focus -- no matter how close ...
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THE WRAP: Tech firms feel the chill (telecomasia.net)
This week tech firms felt the first impacts of the financial crisis, and Chinese spooks got fingered snooping on Skype. AT&T chairman Randall Stephenson said the company had had difficulty in securing short-term funds . Thanks to the recent turmoil, it could only access cash in overnight commercial paper.
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Keith Thomson: The Cyrano Issue: Can A Candidate Cheat in a Debate? (HuffingtonPost)
In a world where unarmed drones can read a license plate and send a Hellfire missile at a truck, could a candidate get away with being fed information via an earpiece during a debate?
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Gadgets that will Make Your Cell Phone Jealous (PC World)
Analysis: Convergence devices that go even further than a cell phone's multiple talents.
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Webcams put vacation homes within sight (Austin American-Statesman)
Helena Peterson's favorite show these days depicts shadows flickering on artwork and furniture in a deserted dining room.
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Caption comp (BBC News)
Your winning entries for the hard-hatted workman and the giant phone hoisted above the City of London.
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first (Mac Daily News)
"Watching the gypsy cab — a shiny black Volkswagen Rabbit with checkerboard side stripes — pull onto Fifth Avenue, you probably wouldn’t know that its driver, Steve from Colorado, had never driven in New York City. Or, in fact, ever been to New York," Barbara Gibson reports for Apple Canada.
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