Optical system combines replaceable safety glasses with users' presciption lenses

Optical system combines replaceable safety glasses with users' presciption lenses: "Those of us who need to wear glasses face a bit of a quandary when it comes to protective eyewear. We can put big safety glasses on over top of our prescription glasses, although these can be bulky, uncomfortable, and a little funny-looking."

B&N simplifies Nook and makes it touchscreen

B&N simplifies Nook and makes it touchscreen: "The dust hadn't even had time to settle on the announcement of the new Kobo eReader Touch Edition before Barnes & Noble (B&N) unveiled the Nook Simple Touch Reader."

Launch of world’s first EV racing series moves to U.S.

Launch of world’s first EV racing series moves to U.S.: "Billed as world's first race series exclusively for zero-emission electric cars, the EV Cup was originally scheduled to kick off its inaugural season in the U.K. at Silverstone on August 6, 2011. It has now been delayed and will start out in the U.S. with two race events in California at Laguna Seca in November and Auto Club Speedway in December, ahead of a full series launch in 2012."

Thorium: A safer alternative for nuclear power generation?

Thorium: A safer alternative for nuclear power generation?: "The world's growing need for energy, the limits of our supply of fossil fuels and concern about the effects of carbon emissions on the environment have all prompted interest in the increased use of nuclear power."

Not your average Hobbit hole: Make Architects' zero carbon underground house

Not your average Hobbit hole: Make Architects' zero carbon underground house: "There's more to environmentally-friendly architecture than solar-panels and thermal mass, it's also about designing buildings that are not at-odds with their surroundings - particularly if the building is in the middle of a picturesque landscape."

Solar cell-embroidered handbag blends fashion and function

Solar cell-embroidered handbag blends fashion and function: "With a mobile phone now an essential item in any ladies' handbag, it's surprising that most of the solar powered bags we've seen up until now have been either backpacks or messenger bags."

WOW-Keys allows desktop keyboard and iPhone to pool their resources

WOW-Keys allows desktop keyboard and iPhone to pool their resources: "An iPhone has various input features that a standard desktop keyboard doesn't, such as a reconfigurable touchscreen display. A full-sized keyboard, however, is much easier to type on than an iPhone. Perhaps it only makes sense, therefore, that Korea's Omnio Technologies decided to combine the strengths of the two devices, in the form of its WOW-Keys keyboard with built-in iPhone dock."

Geniatech unveils Android-embedded set-top system for HDTV

Geniatech unveils Android-embedded set-top system for HDTV: "Google TV has not received quite the warm welcome that was hoped for, in spite of sterling efforts from Logitech, Sony and Boxee. While the search giant makes upgrades to the service for Android 3.1 and readies it for Android Market, Geniatech is offering what it says is the first Android-embedded set-top system for HDTVs."

Student-designed device to fight battlefield hypothermia

Student-designed device to fight battlefield hypothermia: "For U.S. troops, the most common type of battlefield fatality involves blood loss due to trauma. When a soldier does experience blood loss, their chance of survival drops by 22.5 percent once hypothermia sets in. Needless to say, if that reaction can be minimized or delayed, then less fatalities should occur. A team of biomedical engineering students from New Jersey's Stevens Institute of Technology is working towards that goal, by developing a blood-warming system device known as Heat Wave."

Bose combines TV and home theater with VideoWave Entertainment System

Bose combines TV and home theater with VideoWave Entertainment System: "According to Bose, only one third of homes in the U.S. have a home theater system, leaving the majority relying on the decidedly average speakers built into many TVs. While the major TV manufacturers generally try to market their products in terms of picture quality - be it blacker blacks, 3D capabilities or the latest and greatest image processing engine - audio performance seems to take a back seat."

Military tested, ultra rugged wearable computer system gets commercial release

Military tested, ultra rugged wearable computer system gets commercial release: "Military computer manufacturer Black Diamond Advanced Technology has released its ultra-rugged wearable PC and communications kit as a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) system. Adaptable to a range of specialist missions, the Modular Tactical System (MTS) system is - as the name suggests - not just a pack containing a computer."

‘Guide vest’ to act as eyes for the visually impaired

‘Guide vest’ to act as eyes for the visually impaired: "We've looked at a number of efforts to extend the capabilities of the traditional white cane for the visually impaired, such as using ultrasonic echoes or lasers to give users a better lay of the land."