Omron Corp showed a 160 decibel complementary metal-oxide semiconductor solid-state image sensing device at the Tokyo Motor Show 2003. The camera displays an enhanced image on the dashboard that dramatically improves the driver's ability to see what's out there in both very dark and very bright conditions. It should be built into cars by 2006.
Chatty, anal-retentive pedestrians, rejoice! NTT DoCoMo's new F672i (a.k.a. Raku Raku PHONE III) is the first mobile phone ever with a built-in pedometer. It will record your walking distance and, if you like, send that information to the e-mail address of your choice.
Israel-based Cornershot Co. in Tel Aviv, Israel, has invented a rifle that shoots around corners. A camera gives the shooter a view of his target without having to expose his head to gunfire. The gun is being produced by the Florida-based Cornershot Holdings, and has already been purchased by special forces around the world.
A new virus called "Sober" will strike computers worldwide this week, especially in Germany, the UK and the U.S. Sober comes via e-mail, sometimes posing as an anti-virus update. It changes the name of its payload attachment and will come with a variety of Subject: lines. Sober has its own e-mail server, and can send itself to the addresses it finds in your address book.
A Chinese Ministry of Public Security survey revealed that 85 percent of the computers in China were affected by viruses in 2003. They blame the high infection rates on a general "lack of prevention awareness." But, with a 92 percent software piracy rate, could it be that nobody has access to anti-virus updates?
New Toyota Fuel Cell Concept Car Uses Face Recognition
Toyota unveiled its concept car "Fine-N," a prototype fuel-cell hybrid car, at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show 2003. The car has a driving range of over 310 miles, which is much further than other fuel-cell hybrid prototypes. Even more interesting, the car uses face recognition technology to start the engine, so you'll never be able to leave the hospital after plastic surgery.
Lexus has introduced the LX470 car, which has Bluetooth built into the dash. It communicates with your cell phone so you can see the phone's display on your dashboard, and make calls by interacting with the dashboard display while the phone stays in your pocket or briefcase.
Screenshots showing Windows Longhorn PDC Build 4051 has been leaked by winbeta.org, several days before PDC '03 Attendees will get to see it. Here are the screens.
The newest (and coolest) upcoming trend in mobile phone blogs is the tagging of pictures with location info using GPS. You click on the picture, and get a map pinpointing the location where the picture was taken.
Revenge of the Nerds: Geeks Taking Back Silicon Valley from the Suits
Now that it's clear that wannabes and sales-and-marketing types nearly ruined the technology business because they just wanted to get rich quick -- and never loved or understood the technology they were over-hyping -- the engineers are re-asserting themselves and re-taking Silicon Valley.
Omron Corp showed a 160 decibel complementary metal-oxide semiconductor solid-state image sensing device at the Tokyo Motor Show 2003. The camera displays an enhanced image on the dashboard that 
Chatty, anal-retentive pedestrians, rejoice! NTT DoCoMo's new F672i (a.k.a. Raku Raku PHONE III) is the first mobile phone ever with a 
Toyota unveiled its concept car "Fine-N," a prototype fuel-cell hybrid car, at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show 2003. The 
Lexus has introduced the LX470 car, which has Bluetooth built into the dash. It communicates with your cell phone so you can see the phone's display on your dashboard, and make calls by interacting with the dashboard display while the phone stays in your pocket or briefcase.
