Researchers revealed their latest prototype contact lenses that magnify vision almost three times with the wink of an eye. Larry Greenemeier reports

Contact Lens Binoculars Are in Sight

Users of the K-cup coffee company’s products have counterattacked against its efforts to restrict the brands that their new machines can brew. Larry Greenemeier reports

Keurig Coffee Drinkers Hack Back

Law enforcement agencies have handheld radar that can “see” through walls via RF signals, raising Fourth Amendment concerns. Larry Greenemeier reports

Radar Makes All Houses Glass

Researchers have made a secure, waterproof wireless keyboard that gets charged by the action of your fingertips as you type. Larry Greenemeier reports

Smart Keyboard Gets a Charge out of You

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and fellow tech mogel Greg Wyler both have plans for low Earth orbit satellite networks that could fill in many of the world's current gaps in Internet coverage. Larry Greenemeier reports

Rival Space Internets Vie for Sky Pie

Carmakers are working on ways to let drivers interact with their cars using presumably safer hand gestures and eye movement in addition to voice controls and touch screens. Larry Greenemeier reports

Gestures and Eye Movements Will Control Cars

The social media behemoth buys voice-recognition start-up Wit.ai to prepare for the impending Internet of Things. Larry Greenemeier reports

The social media behemoth buys voice-recognition start-up <a href="http://Wit.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wit.ai</a> to prepare for the impending Internet of Things. Larry Greenemeier reports

Facebook Puts Its Money Where Your Mouth Is

British students made a wrist monitor that senses if you nod off and sends a signal to your DVR to record whatever you were watching. Future such devices could control additional household functions. Larry Greenemeier reports

Teen Inventors Connect DVR to Your Zzzs

Apple got a patent for a system to adjust your falling device in flight to minimize the damage on landing. Larry Greenemeier reports

Future Smartphone Could Fall Smartly, Too

IBM scientists in India developed an experimental power supply from reusable lithium ion cells salvaged from three-year-old laptop battery packs. Larry Greenemeier reports

Recycled Laptop Batteries Bring Light to Power Poor

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Diana Nyad, veteran open-water distance swimmer, plans to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys while being protected by an electronic device called Shark Shield. Larry Greenemeier reports

Swimmer Plans on Electronics to Shake Sharks

On the fourth anniversary of the Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse, scientists and engineers are working to make bridges smarter

Bridge Sensors Could Save Travelers

Brewster Kahle, who has pioneered efforts to digitize written information, wants to save a hard copy of every book. Larry Greenemeier reports

Digital Entrepreneur Wants to Save Books

The Internet-connected headset is drawing interest in the medical community as a video consultation tool. Larry Greenemeier reports.

Medical Workers Page Google Glass

More than a million volunteer users of the smarthphone app Carat have helped researchers identify those apps that really suck battery power in both the Android operating system and Apple's iOS. Larry Greenemeier reports

App IDs Other Battery-Eater Apps

Samsung's next product is expected to have a display that senses eye movement and can scroll accordingly. Larry Greenemeier reports

The Eyes Have IT Scrolling

Subjects using a new software package were able to control the movement of a virtual helicopter through an obstacle course using their thoughts alone. Larry Greenemeier reports

Subjects Move Virtual Chopper with Thoughts

A project called the "Human Face of Big Data" asks smart-phone users worldwide what they think about beliefs, rituals and hopes. Larry Greenemeier reports

Big Data Project Susses Us out

For the first time, the Super Bowl will stream live on February 5--on the Web sites of both the NFL and NBC. Larry Greenemeier reports

NFL Puts Super Bowl Online

Better insulation for high-voltage cables could keep them dry during deluges and cut transmission loss. Larry Greenemeier reports

New Insulator Could Help Grid Weather Storms

The recent AP Twitter account hack looks like an example of a successful spear phishing attack, in which a targeted e-mail duped the news agency's employees. Larry Greenemeier reports

Spear Phishers Want Your Info

Siri, the new iPhone 4S personal assistant, is a step closer to a keyboard-free future. Larry Greenemeier reports

iPhone 4S Assistant Siri Does Her Beta Best

Microsoft's test version of its new Skype for Windows Phone app lets you call Skype contacts over 3G, 4G and wi-fi networks. Larry Greenemeier reports

Skype Video Chat Arrives for Windows Smart Phones

Researchers found no proof that ultrasonic devices sold to repel these pesky blood suckers could deliver on that promise. Larry Greenemeier reports

Bedbugs Ignore Alleged Ultrasonic Annoyers

Citing accident and injury stats, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended a nationwide ban on the use of communications devices while driving. Larry Greenemeier reports

Feds Seek Cell Ban Behind the Wheel

The Kinecthesia belt has sensors and a series of motors that send vibrations to the wearer to indicate the position of obstacles. Larry Greenemeier reports

Belt Warns Visually Impaired about Obstacles

Apps now can tell you when Snoopy will float by at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade or the best way to deep-fry your turkey. Larry Greenemeier reports

Mobile Apps Help Celebrate Thanksgiving

Cloud-based systems allow a single purchase to stream on a variety of devices. But it looks like Apple and the Keystone system will duke it out with everyone else and Ultraviolet. Larry Greenemeier reports

Digital Rights Cloud Cloud-Based Streaming

As gaming tech closes in on the ability to tell players' expressions, can lip-reading artificial intelligence be far behind? Larry Greenemeier reports

Gaming Tech Might Soon Read Facial Expressions

Google's Inactive Account Manager allows you to arrange for the deletion of your data upon your demise. Larry Greenemeier reports

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