Brian Horowitz

There’s been a lot of buzz this week about the bionic eye. Researchers at the [University of Illinois](http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/08/0806retina2.html) at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have developed an electronic camera (*left*) the shape of an eye. This could be heaven for for the visually impaired and those of us looking for a sharper view of the world. […]

It’s been [reported](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93194932) that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., would appoint a technology czar to keep the government current with tech. Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., [hasn’t announced](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93201264) anything similar, but perhaps both candidates should stir up more talk of tech and innovation on the campaign trail? Isn’t that what change is? Innovation?

As we close in on the [Beijing Summer Olympics](http://en.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml) this Friday, it’s worth noting the innovative technology that will be present at the Games. [EE Times](http://eetimes.com) has put together a cool [slide show](http://www.eetimes.com/galleries/slideShow.jhtml?galleryID=36) exhibiting innovations of note, such as the 440,000 LEDs of a giant Water Cube, driverless trains and the RFID technology embedded in […]

Wireless innovation will be brewing at [Georgia Tech](http://www.gatech.edu), as the university opens a new wireless-technology laboratory with [Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.](http://www.sem.samsung.com/en/indexMain.jsp) at the university’s campus in Atlanta. At Georgia Tech, Samsung will expand its work with researchers to focus on developing next-generation communication systems, especially CMOS-based system-on-chip devices for modem, digital and RF. We see the […]

In 1997, I bought a state-of-the-art Pentium II Gateway desktop direct from the manufacturer. I was proud of myself at the time for going direct and customizing the system according to my desired specifications. But today, more than 10 years later, Gateway (now owned by Acer) has dropped its 1990s way of doing business and […]

Chalk one up for print in the [battle to stay alive](/webcontent/article.php/3748086/Media+Pros+Dont+Fear+the+Digital+Realm.htm) in the world of online media. [*Esquire*](http://www.esquire.com) magazine will put out a cover featuring E Ink electronic, foldable display technology on the newsstands this October. The 100,000-copy distribution of this special issue culminates the magazine’s 75th anniversary. Ford (NYSE: F) will also participate in […]

There’s been talk of a second Internet in the works for years — yes we do have Web 2.0 — and just as the original Internet started at the university-level, so does a project from technology solutions firm [BBN Technologies](http://www.bbn.com) called Global Environment for Network Innovations, or GENI. [GENI ](http://geni.net)is a local network infrastructure for […]

We know about noise-canceling headsets for audio devices and mobile phones but how about noise-canceling capabilities built into the phone itself? An [article](http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=specialsections&sc=telecom&id=20929&a=) in the July/August issue of *Technology Review* puts the spotlight on Mountain View, Calif.-based startup [Audience](http://www.audience.com), which makes the voice processors for this technology. According to Audience, mobile phone manufacturers in Japan […]

Have you listened to an RSS feed on a mobile phone? Well, you can. Jott Networks[](http://www.jott.com), operator of mobile voice to text service recently came out with [Jott Feeds,](http://www.jott.com/jott/feeds.html) a service that lets you listen to any RSS update on your handset on your way to work. It also handles feeds from your [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com) or […]

NEW YORK — At the Digital Experience tech event here, I had a chance to see the new touch pad technology coming this fall from [Synaptics](http://www.synaptics.com) (NASDAQ: SYNA). Picture a trackball that keeps spinning after its initial push or a child’s matchbox car racing across the table after its windup. That’s what’s ahead with touch […]

This week the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) [released a study](http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/24/2857) about home health care and using the Internet to communicate with your doctors online. Can blood pressure really be [monitored online](http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTON47303120080625)? Apparently so. The patients test the blood pressure themselves and keep their doctors informed via the Web. According to the report, […]

A new category of portable PCs has emerged — call it the Netbook, Nettop, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), ultralow-cost PC. Whatever term you choose, Asus appears to be leading the pack with its [Eee PC](http://event.asus.com/eeepc/microsites/en/index.htm), a low-cost 9-inch computer selling for around $250 and featuring Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) [Atom microprocessor](http://www.intel.com/technology/atom). Asus announced its new line […]