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IBM Projects Holographic Phones, Air-Driven Batteries 109

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 26, 2010 @06:01PM from the get-it-projects-get-it-huh dept.

geek4 writes "In 2015, we will be using mobile phones that will project a 3D holographic image of callers, claims IBM in a list of predictions of future technologies culled from a survey of 3,000 IBM scientists. 3D displays are also the focus of work between Intel and Nokia in the development of a holographic interface. Cities heated by servers and advanced city traffic monitoring are also listed as being among the prevalent technologies of the next five years, according to a Bloomberg article."

Comment Re:They reconsidered (Score 1) 266

by klscott on Friday December 10, 2010 @08:40PM (#34520142) Attached to: Oracle Asks Apache To Rethink Java Committee Exit

Its always summer someplace - Larry moves his boat accordingly.

8-Year-Old Receives Patent 142

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:54AM from the young-inventor-society dept.

Knile writes "While not the youngest patent recipient ever (that would be a four year old in Texas), Bryce Gunderman has received a patent at age 8 for a space-saver that combines an outlet cover plate with a shelf. From the article: '"I thought how I was going to make a lot of money," Bryce said about what raced through his brain when he received the patent.'"

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