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What would you say If we told you the next pair of glasses you own could adapt to match any clothing style or lighting situation? According to the American Chemical Society (ACS), “smart” sunglasses that can literally change to any color in the spectrum within seconds is just around the corner for commercial availability. Eyeware technology could be forever changed ...

As email becomes more important to people’s every day lives, email provider services are competing in the ever growing storage solution for archived messages and files. This morning, Yahoo! Mail vice president John Kremer posted a blog entry announcing the decision to allow Yahoo! users unlimited storage. Previously, Yahoo! Mail had a storage limit of 1 GB, less than half ...

The great outdoors become all the more great during the warm days of summer. Though for us, the outside poses the obstacle of finding a source of energy to power our electronics. While we might not go as far as to wear a Solar Powered Bikini, we would thankfully use our girlfriends to supply our beloved electronics with power. Made ...

This Lego-shaped Sofa, named Bekky, not only looks like Lego’s, but acts like Lego’s too. These building block Lego pieces of furniture can actually be rearranged into any creation you want (if you have the money to buy enough to make your creation). If you get tired of your Lego couch design one day, just rearrange the blocks and you ...

Robots might be super effective and helpful, but they just look so un-huggable. These Biomimetic Soft-Bodied “Gummi Bots” seem so much more cuddly, and certainly more agile. Though, Gummi’s have more of a purpose then looking adorable. Metallic robots are often limited in movement by their clumsy joints. This robotics project at Tufts University is looking into a flexible, silicone ...

There’s nothing worse than throwing in your favorite movie and watching it half way through only to have it skip and freeze at the most critical point. At this point you would go and try to clean the disc, only to find deep scratches that could only be repaired by buying a new one. VenMill believes they have found the ...

You’ve got to give it to them, Chinese companies these days are just commercializing phones that we’ve all just dreamed of at some stage. We had the Nokia N73 clone — Nokir E828 that packed an even larger touch screen with a decent camera at an unbeatable price; we had a cigarette pack incorporated to a phone. Today we came ...

Back in mid-March we brought you leaked pics of the SonyEricsson M610i series. Above is a leaked photo of the Elena model, another addition to the Sofia and Maria devices. The M610i will showcase a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, QVGA 2.6″ TFT display (320×240 pixels) and 160MB of internal M2 memory. — Andrew Dobrow Link

Sources are saying that Microsoft might be giving up their dreams of the Zune posing heavy competition with the iPod and have moved on to brighter pastures. While Zune sales still remain moderately okay on the whole scheme of PMP products, the Zune has proven to be a disappointment as many predicted. It’s being rumored that Microsoft is working on ...

Here’s a gadget for anyone counting down the seconds until Bush is out of office, which is about 70% of you if recent approval rating polls are accurate. With the upcoming 2008 election looming ahead and campaigns already in full force, there’s nothing like a nice reminder to keep you chugging through the current administration. Bush has something like 600 ...