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Polaroid GL20 Video Sunglasses
Lady Gaga demonstrates this product, which she designed with Polaroid. (re: David Brin)

iRobot AVA Telepresence Robot With iPad
If iRobot is entering the field of tele-operated robotics, the business case must be good. (re: Niven and Pournelle)

Realtime Holographic Motion Display Video
In the case of 3D display gaming, it is best to let the Wookie win. (re: George Lucas)

Samsung 19 Inch Transparent AMOLED Display
Will those open laptops on conference room desks be less of a barrier if their displays are transparent? (re: H.G. Wells)

US Mil Gorgon Stare Lacks Multiheaded Basilisk Capability
This device is able to look down and photograph a four square kilometer section of a city. But that's all. For now. (re: Charles Stross)

Living Earth Simulator For 'Ultimate Answers'
It's an explorational device, like the Large Hadron Collider. (re: Stanislaw Lem)

Digital Radiation Spectrometer
Mr. Spock, if you could take just one tool down to a new planet, what would it be? (re: Gene Roddenberry)

iRing Lunar Flex-Wheel
Might these wheels also work on Earth? Lunar expeditions are somewhat chancy these days. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

Read Google EBooks On Google TV
Isaac Asimov had a name for that. (re: Isaac Asimov)

See Jesus? There's An App For That
AppTech intends to 'offer religious themed content through the various Smartphone operating platforms.' (re: Roger Zelazny)

HRP-2 Auld Lang Syne Theremin
Happy New Year! (re: Herbert Goldstone)

PR2 Robot Wanders 100 Km Autonomously
This is PR2 - why don't they let it wander around my house, folding the laundry? (re: Gregory Benford)

ETH Quadcopters Perform Jingle Bells On Real Piano
They can do more than just watch you; they can entertain you over the holidays. (re: Herbert Goldstone)

Nao Robot Video Demonstrates Improvements
Just in time for the holidays, the Nao robot has improved specifications and histrionics. (re: Various)

Romeo Robot A Robant For Elder Care
Grasping the firm arm of my trusted robot Romeo, I totter into a brave new future. (re: Philip K. Dick)

China's Spherical Walking Robot With Retractable Arms
Updated! Favorite design of supervillains patented! Diagrams show this walking spherical robot with retractable arms. (re: Philip K. Dick)

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