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Philips Developing Talking Furniture (July 8, 2005): T3 reports that Philips is developing talking furniture that you can communicate to and talk with.
Industrial Design Excellence Award Winners Announced (July 5, 2005): The winners of the annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) have been announced.
400 Teams Participating in 2005 Robocup (June 27, 2005): This year, Robocup will take place in Osaka, Japan from July 13-19.
Terabyte Storage Will Soon be Ordinary (June 14, 2005): The BBC has an interesting article about the future of personal consumer storage which is getting closer to being measured in terabytes.
Consumers Create Products at Home With New Technology (June 8, 2005): CNN is reporting on a new self-replicating rapid prototyping technology, called RepRap, which consumers could use to create hundreds of products themselves that they typically purchased in stores or ordered online.
Molecule Clusters Could Help Gadgets Shrink (June 6, 2005): A new technology could shrink popular tech gadgets like iPods, cell phones and digital cameras even more.
Amazing Technologies Possible by 2020 (May 26, 2005): An article in The Guardian discusses the future of technology.
Backscatter Technology Reveals More Than Just Weapons (May 24, 2005): Backscatter technology could pose major privacy problems.
Cringley: Inflection Point Reached (May 16, 2005): PBS' Robert X.
Gates: The Cell Phone is Mightier Than the iPod (May 13, 2005): Reuters reports that Bill Gates, the chairman and founder of Microsoft, thinks that cell phones will eventually over take MP3 players and iPods as the leading digital music player.
High-Tech Textiles Could Change Construction and Medicine (April 18, 2005): The New York Times reports that amazing new textiles are coming that can be used in everything from medical procedures to building cars.
What's Next for Apple? (March 28, 2005): Business 2.
Intel Chairman Angry Over Flu Shot Shortage (October 24, 2004): Andy Grove, the chairman of Intel, has blasted the Bush administration for failing to provide the public with enough flu vaccine.
Diebold Threatened With Lawsuit (September 8, 2004): Wired reports that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has threatened to sue Diebold for defrauding California by making false claims about their electronic voting product.
Electronic Voting Controversy Continues (August 31, 2004): Concern over electronic voting systems is growing as the election nears.
Tech Firms Concerned About Induce Act (July 24, 2004): The Induce Act, sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch, is a new law that would make it illegal to intentionally induce copyright infringement.
Concern Grows Over E-voting Paper Trails (July 15, 2004): As the November election approaches States are putting final preparations together to be ready when people come to vote on election day.
Year 8 Webby Award Winners Named (May 15, 2004): This year's Webby Awards have been announced.
Cell Phones Become Smart Phones (March 22, 2004): The trend in cell phones is for them to become software-powered smart phones.
The Robots are Coming (March 10, 2004): The robots are finally here, although they are not yet as intelligent and useful as the ones on The Jetsons.