Augmented reality has been getting a lot of hype lately especially in the mobile world as it gives GPS aided phones a rather nifty HUD-like layer to their normal map applications. So far, developers are just barely scratching the surface of the potential that AR holds. Though researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are quickly turning “sci-fi” into reality and giving AR a new, unique application — seeing through walls. By using two cameras, one giving...

Getting giddy because of that AMOLED display in your mobile gadget? Enjoy the throne while it lasts because another potential contestant is on the horizon: TMOS. What is TMOS? TMOS display technology is a technology that aims to remove as many of the filters between a displays light source and your eyes. A typical LCD puts those little light rays through a beating before they ever caress the inside of your ocular cavities. From polarizers to glass to filters and more,...

Traffic lights are ancient tech. All it is — a light on a traffic controlled sensor. Heck, cheaper counties and local governments such as my own aren’t even that technologically savvy opting for the ‘ol timer controlled method. And we all know how much those suck. We’ve all been there, sitting at a red light with no one in sight. All is not lost as one saving grace from Cheng-Tsung Feng, Yao-Chieh Lin and Bo-Jin Wang is truly impressive if not a...

Currently, space exploration for humans means a nice little voyage to the moon and back. While traveling in space, seeing the sights, and feeling everything for yourself is, I’m sure amazing, the moon is old news. Manned missions to Mars have been the new hotness for several years now. The only problem (which begats many more “sub-problems”) is the time taken to reach the red planet as well as the year long stay necessary before a return voyage can be...

Though mind reading and mind control were reserved for science classrooms and geeks foretelling of futuristic tales, it appears that we’ve leapfrogged several decades as mind control is coming to the masses…now! While controlling objects with brain waves isn’t new, (as hospitals and research labs have been researching and toying with such issues for years now), having a smaller, consumer based example isn’t something you exactly see in the Toys...