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Glasses Could Help the Blind See like Geordi La Forge in ‘Star Trek’

The Monash Vision Group is working on a pair of ordinary-looking glasses outfitted with two digital cameras that will let the wearer "see" whatever the glasses are pointed at.

‘Star Trek’ in Real Life: Microsoft Develops New ‘Holodesk’

Is the holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation on its way to becoming a reality? While we’re a long way from gunslinging across the virtual Old West, the research team over at Microsoft has developed something pretty impressive: the holodesk, which lets users manipulate holographic images with their hands.

Freeze Frame: The Borg. The Nebula. Humanity at the Brink

Anyone who lives on the East Coast knows that we got hammered last week – twice actually – with record snowfalls. New York City basically shut down last Wednesday, and on my way home from the Techland offices late Tuesday night, you could sense a city shutting down in advance of the upcoming chaos. Schools [...]