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Plastic Logic's Que at CES 2010, plans for color e-reader - Dec 14, 2009

Crave Plastic Logic, the maker of the much anticipated, vaguely understood Que e-reader, will finally announce availability, pricing, and design at CES 2010. Although its business division is headquartered in Mountain ... Read story »

Virtually waterless washing machine coming soon - Jun 19, 2009

Crave Nathan Wrench, program manager at Cambridge Consultants, holds the nylon beads used in Xeros' washing process. Just a cup of water and a bit of detergent. That's all that needs ... Read story »

Joule uses sunlight and CO2 to make liquid fuel - Jul 28, 2009

Crave Using sunlight, CO2, and genetically engineered microorganisms, Joule Biotechnologies says it can make liquid fuels or chemicals directly. Startup Joule Biotechnologies is sort of a mashup of the fuels, solar, ... Read story »

Nokia unveils futuristic Morph concept device - Feb 26, 2008

Crave We really have to hand it to Nokia for constantly coming up with these super-cool concept designs for mobile devices. Although these aren't likely to make it to stores anytime soon, ... Read story »

Study: DRM makes pirates of us all - Jun 7, 2009

Crave We here at CNET get all of our movies and music the old-fashioned way: Through hard work, grit, and elbow grease. We roll up our sleeves, suck it up, and put ... Read story »

Report: Panasonic, Sumitomo teaming on OLED TVs - May 12, 2009

Crave OLED TVs--such as the Sony models shown here at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show--are still more concept than reality. Panasonic and Sumitomo Chemical are teaming up to develop TVs with OLED ... Read story »

Stephen Hawking unveils oddest clock ever - Sep 22, 2008

Crave A US$1.8 million mechanical clock featuring a massive time-eating grasshopper made its debut at the University of Cambridge Friday, and famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking was on site to introduce the strange ... Read story »

Low-cost LED lightbulbs just around the corner? - Feb 2, 2009

Crave The future of household lighting might be on the horizon. I know, it's not as exciting as a new iPhone or cheap broadband, but in practical terms, new low-cost LED lights ... Read story »

Taking a peek into Nokia's future - Dec 3, 2008

Blogs Even as Reuben brought us the breaking news on the Nokia N97 at Nokia World 2008 from Barcelona, this geek had the chance to meet the brains behind Nokia's revolutionary concept ... Read story »

Robo-scientist makes gene discovery--on its own - Apr 3, 2009

Crave Adam (shown in background) may not look like its two colleagues in the white coats, but it's starting to act like them. Earlier this week, we told you about a ... Read story »

Inventor Kamen pitches tech for world's poor - Oct 23, 2008

Crave Dean Kamen speaking in Cambridge on Monday. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Segway inventor Dean Kamen on Monday detailed two of his design firm's latest projects aimed at the developing world--a water filtration machine and ... Read story »

Is that an LCD in your pocket or... - Sep 26, 2006

Crave Engineers at the University of Cambridge have developed materials that may result in electronic displays flexible enough to be rolled up. Termed "morphing materials", Dr Keith Seffen, lecturer in structural engineering ... Read story »

Microsoft puts a squeeze on portable devices - Apr 21, 2008

Crave Multitouch touchpad, gesture-based interfaces and motion-sensing controls seem to be already obsolete, according to a report by BBC. A research project at Microsoft's Cambridge lab allows the system to detect twisting, ... Read story »

Google Street View arrives in UK, Netherlands - Mar 20, 2009

Crave Google Maps now shows Trafalgar Square in London among other locations. Google has brought its driver's-eye view of the world to more parts of Europe, releasing Street View imagery for ... Read story »

Splashpower universal wireless charging - Feb 1, 2005

Crave Imagine recharging your phone, digital camera or any portable device simply by dropping these onto a mouse-like pad? No more wires, no more cables, no more adapters. The brains behind this ... Read story »

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