Computers Get in Touch with Your Emotions

Computers could be a lot more useful if they paid attention to how you felt. With the emergence of new tools that can measure a person's biological state, computer interfaces are starting to do exactly that: take users' feelings into account.

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The Healing Power of Light

A new polymer material that can repeatedly heal itself at room temperature when exposed to ultraviolet light presents the tantalizing possibility of products that can repair themselves when damaged. Possibilities include self-healing medical implants, cars, or even airplane parts.

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Kinect Creators Making PC Controller

PrimeSense, the privately held Israeli company that licensed core Kinect technology to Microsoft, announced that it is teaming up with PC and peripheral maker Asus to create a similar device for the PC.

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Thought-controlled iPad app

InteraXon demonstrated two new applications for its headband based BCI technology at CES 2011. It uses headphones equipped with a pair of sensors that sit against the user’s left ear and forehead, a simplified EEG-like system made portable.

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Google Art Project

Google has recently launched Art Project, a collaboration with some of the world's most famous museums, with the goal of enabling people to visit and see art. Google is utilizing the same technology in Google Earth to map the art projects that can be zoomed in investigated in fine detail.

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