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How A Robot Fingertip 3-D Sensor Could Change Forensics, Medicine Forever

A piece of lateral thinking by MIT boffins has turned a prototype robot fingertip "skin" into a hugely powerful, portable 3-D microscope that will have massive utility in biology, forensics, and other fields.READ»

Every Single Gadget Could "See" With World's Tiniest, Simplest Camera

An innovation in imaging tech could change everything about electronics as we know it: A super-cheap, super-simple camera that could let everything from robot fingertips to a surgeon's next-gen scalpel "see."READ»

Lytro: The $50M Tech That May Change Photography Forever

The startup's capital comes from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, and its tech team includes a cofounder of Silicon Graphics and the man who was the chief architect for Palm's revolutionary webOS software. So what's the fuss all about?READ»

Google Amps Up 3-D Digital London to Delight Royal Wedding Watchers

Google's taken another step toward the Matrix, wrapped in white ribbons for the Royal Wedding, in a tricked out map of London with super-real 3-D representations of buildings and parks along the procession route.READ»

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iFive: AOL Job Cuts, SpaceX Expands Facility, Apple-Canon Partnership, UAV Automatic Refueling, Pop-Up Apple SXSW Store

1. AOL is expected to lay off between 400 and 500 people in the U.S. today (about 8-10% of its staff), as part of its push to make itself more profitable. The content side of AOL is likely to take the biggest hit, due to the new ...READ»

Wine Sensor Repurposed for Liquid Bomb-Sniffing: Shampoo in Carry-Ons Again?

Travelers, rejoice! The end of battling with the TSA over which of your pint-size potions is allowed on board may be nigh, if a new technology funded by the DHS comes to pass. READ»

Ultrasound Scans of Your Baby Now Available Via Smartphone

MobiUS is a simple medical ultrasound imaging system like many others--but it has one rather astonishing bonus: All you need to use it is the wand, some gel, and a smartphone.READ»

Eat Your Heart Out, Princess Leia!: Kinect-Powered Hologram TV Suggests 3-D Is Not the Tech You're Looking For

The brawny brains at MIT might not be our only hope for a better 3-D experience, but their Kinect-powered Holographic TV project is one hell of a good start. READ»

Trimensional Brings 3-D Object Scanning to iPhone

An app utilizes the iPhone's front camera--and no extra gizmos other than a dark room. Believe it or not, this actually works (for the most part). READ»

Facebook Adds Face Detection to Photos, Recognition Next?

Is Facebook's new face-detection tech a new privacy nightmare? READ»

Full-Body Scanners at Airports: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Full-body scanning tech will be coming to an airport near you. But are you ready to let a TSA agent see you, your wife, or your daughter naked? And does this really make us safer? READ»

Nikon's S1000pj Digicam With Picoprojector: Convergence Gone Mad?

Nikon's just pulled the official wrapper off its S1000pj Coolpix digital camera, and it's a real mutant hybrid: A standard point-and-shooter, but with a picoprojector riding shotgun. Is this device convergence gone mad? The ...READ»