Photoelastic touch, the next level of multitouch?

Hard to believe that before Apple made multitouch cool, the most we ever "touched" our PC was touch typing. Now, here's photoelastic touch, a more tactile form of interaction that enters into the Minority Report realm (still one of the coolest future tech shows) by not even touching the screen. Japanese researchers used a face mask comprising see-through gel as a haptic interface, allowing the user to press, pinch or touch the transparent mold to control the computer. In this case, the actions would prompt a furrowed eye brow or eye movement.

Of course, there's nothing like watching all this in action. So catch the video coming right after.
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New iMacs' Flash video performance woes

After reading Engadget's report citing recent complaints about Flash video playback mucking up system resources on the latest 27-inch Apple iMacs, we decided to test out the claims using our own system. Users on the Apple discussion threads noticed a bug in the Flash Player that bogs down CPU processes, resulting in choppy audio and video playback.
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Ericsson's Spider PC projects the keyboard and screen

Over at the Taiwan Broadband show, Ericsson's vision for the portable computer of 2020 uses a pico-projected screen and laser-projected keyboard. And though the company's got a rough prototype (pictured above), they imagine it ultimately squeezing into this bizarre spider-leg tripod design:
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Sony recalls Vaio AC adapters

Sony is recalling 69,000 Vaio AC adapters, the company announced. Insulation inside some VGP-AC19V17 adapters can fail over time, Sony said, posing an electrical shock hazard.

The Sony VGP-AC19V17 AC adapter shows up in computers from the company's VGC-LT, VGC-JS240, VGC-JS250, VGC-JS270, and VGC-JS290 series sold after September 2007. The adapter also appears in VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 notebook docking stations sold after September 2005.
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A mouse that costs more than a laptop

Great. So you sprang for an uber-expensive laptop the likes of the Sony Vaio X or Dell Adamo. But what's this? You dare put your el cheapo US$50 mouse next to that gorgeous and overpriced portable?
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