More so if you install RequestPolicy. You'll also see all the domains a web page pulls from. (for me seeing the Microsoft Technet forums request stuff from googleapis.com was eye-opener indeed.)

Although I agree with some points you make (namely the video is still demo material) the flickr and photosynth embedded in the street view in bing maps is already a reality and way better integrated than google's.

The new maps where you can add apps to the map view (the flickr thing is tech prev but available). Some are either not well supplied of entries or tricky to use, but the photosynth and flickr photos integrate great in the street view. The positioning of the photos is very accurate (not as google's "see the photos without context apart from the geo pos").

Granted that the interface from bing is a bit shaky to use... but in terms of the content at this point it does surpass google's (and also the eye candy of transitions is very good).

Note: I'd still use google maps to get from here to there though... (the interface seems simpler and less clouded...)

There are commercial products (MVN from Xsens (former Moven)) that use inertial sensors and gyros to derive the motion. One of the advertised uses is the movie/digital effects industry.

Don't about the real performance of the technology but the idea in itself seems to enable some freedom (no need for interior studios, less expensive).

There's an IETF group working on IPv6 over Low Power devices: 6LowPan (with RFC4944 already released). From what I know they are using header compression and adaptation to the normal IPv6 header to be able to use it over 802.15.4 (this is the "entry" MAC protocol, future objective is to be transparent to lower layers). A routing protocol is also under development in coordination with 6LowPan, the Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks (roll).

Don't know the status of Contiki regarding this.