See Through Their Lies: New 'Lie Detector Glasses' Unveiled
A company called V Entertainment showed off lie detector glasses at CES this year. The glasses show the wearer green, red or yellow lights that mean true, false and maybe based on "stress" detected in the speaker's voice.
New Jacket Has Cell Phone, MP3 Player Controls Built-In
O'Neill unveiled this week a snowboarding jacket called "The Hub" with built-in controls for a mobile phone and MP3 player designed by Infineon Technologies AG. The controls, including a "keyboard," are made of fabric. Sound is transferred into built-in speakers in a separate helmet. The collar sports a built-in microphone for the cell phone, so you can yak away as you're flying down the slopes.
McGill University student Jesse Rosenfeld fought -- and won -- a fight over his refusal to submit assignments to the anti-plagarism web site Turnitin.com. No doubt other students at the dozens of universities who use Turnitin.com will copy him.
Microsoft Dick Tracy Watches Must Be Turned Off During Takeoff, Landing
Microsoft SPOT watches, which download news, stock quotes, etc., via FM receiver, require a subscription. The subscription agreement requires you to turn off your watch while flying.
Two Oscar Films Online? In Your Dreams, Hollywood! They're All There (But One)
The mainstream press has been rehashing the story that two Oscar-nominated "screeners copy" films have been leaked onto the Internet. The issue is considered controversial because the Academy threatened earlier to avoid sending screener copies (VHS tapes used by designated voters in deciding who to vote for) so those movies wouldn't find their way to the Internet. But the web site WAXY.ORG has pointed out all the candidate movies (with the exception of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King) have already been posted.
Brought to you by the people who gave us "Bowlingual," the dog bark translation device, a new "Dream Workshop" appliance enables the use of voice recording, lights, music and smells to direct user-configurable dreams. The Takara Company claims the gadget works for "quite a number of people."
A new jacket from ScotteVest has two solar panels built into the back of the shoulders, and a jack for charging the MP3 player or cell phone in your pocket. The panels charge a built-in battery. Each pocket in the jacket has a jack for charging gadgets off the battery. The garment is still in the prototype stage, but the company plans to sell it to the public in spring for about $300. Good luck getting past airport security.
Philips Electronics has come out with what it calls a Key Ring digital camcorder, the KEY019, at CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. The KEY019 features 24 minutes of continuous MPEG4 video recording, according to a press release. It also serves as an MP3 player and digital storage device.
Get 'Em While They're Hot: 212 Area Codes for Cell Phones
Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint and Nextel are offering a limited supply of phone numbers that begin with the coveted 212 area code -- something even many in Manhattan can no longer get for their home landline phones. Verizon and AT&T are sold out.
Milestone: Kodak to Kill Film Camera Sales in North America, Western Europe
Kodak, one of the world's leading makers of camera film, announced today that it will stop selling film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, citing the overwhelming popularity of digital cameras.
A copy of the movie Something's Gotta Give sent to character actor Carmine Caridi so he could use it to vote for Academy Awards has been posted on the Internet. Update: Screener copy of "Last Samurai" also posted.
MIT Students Find Silicon Valley Ready to Take Over World Again
Seventy Massachusetts Institute of Technology students -- MBAs from the MIT Sloan School of Management -- noted during their 11th annual Silicon Valley Tech Trek that optimism has returned to the region (unlike last year, when everyone was depressed).
The dictator is apparently concerned that tourists will photograph communist Cuba's severe poverty without the knowledge of the agents who tail visitors.
Rise of the Machines: Segway-Based Robots Play Soccer
At last: It appears that the USA may eventually stand a chance in international football (a.k.a. soccer). Carnegie Mellon University eggheads have created a human-sized soccer-playing robot based on the Segway Human Transporter.
ECER Technology's $49 TiltCONTROL plugs into PocketPCs, Palm OS devices or even Nokia N-GAGE gadgets to provide navigation by tilting the gadget this way or that. Tilt navigation has long been seen in lab research for the handhelds of the future.
O'Neill unveiled this week a 
USB Humidifier Blows Off Steam (So You Don't Have To)
A new jacket from ScotteVest has 
Philips Electronics has come out with what it calls a 
Rise of the Machines: Segway-Based Robots Play Soccer
New Plug In Adds 'Tilt Control' to PDAs
