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“Did airplanes come from the R&D department of a train company or a steamship company?” Nathan Myhrvold asks, rhetorically, his voice cracking. He’s explaining how his company, Intellectual Ventures, is going to reinvent the way things are invented. More » Gizmodo
Sharp’s e-reader ready to ‘rival the iPad’ by year’s end, may have a 3D future
Sharp is going to launch its brand new e-reader in Japan this fall with US retail availability to follow by the end of the year. Riveting stuff, isn’t it? Well, the company’s President Mikio Katayama does his best to spice things up by proposing this device will aim “to rival the iPad,” and it may [...]
iTunes TV show rentals for 99 cents may be on the way
Here’s another rumor about the new Apple TV (or “iTV” as some are calling it), which may be in the cards for the upcoming Apple event in two weeks. Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is in advanced talks with several media outlets to offer TV show rentals through iTunes for 99 cents an episode. Each [...]
Nokia and Intel build a joint research lab, plan to create the mobile 3D future
Thought Nokia and Intel’s partnership was just some fleeting MeeGo fling? Just a carefree hookup in their times of mobile panic? Not quite. The companies are certainly in this thing for the long haul and today’s announcement of their new research lab in Oulu, Finland is all the evidence you’ll need. The Intel and Nokia [...]
Two universities adopt Wii Fit to monitor football concussions
As it turns out, there are quite a few uses for a $ 100 off-the-shelf computerized scale, above and beyond getting fit — Nintendo’s Wii Balance Board is now providing a mechanism by which college football teams at Ohio State University and the University of Maryland can cheaply determine whether players are suffering from concussions. [...]
