Flexi-boat debuts.

Using technology developed by Conti's El Cerrito Marine Advanced Research Inc., the WAM-V is "a new class of watercraft ... that delivers a radically new seagoing experience."

It has twin hulls, like a catamaran, connected to each other and a control cabin by four metal legs. The legs ride on titanium springs -- like shock absorbers -- that allow the WAM-V to adjust to the surface of the water -- to flex like knees.

Nice clear wake in the middle for waterskiing too.

Can you see me now ?

A microchip the width of a pencil eraser shows promise in eye repair.

The microchip implant replaces the dead rods and cones. The implant is dotted with several thousand micro-photodiodes, which react to light and produce small electrical impulses in parts of the eye’s retina.

“The good thing about this device that we’re using is that it doesn’t have any wires to it," Narfstrom told LiveScience. "So it’s like a small disk that is very inert and not so traumatic to the eye that we slide into the retina.”

Hyper-resolution, multi spectrum with night vision overlay available for christmas 2012.

Hands On and On Interface

Most excellent multi-touch sensing screen computer interface.

More detailed presentation video here.

I knew all those childhood piano lessons would finally payoff.

Exoskeleton Weight Lifting

Roidless powerup.

Nanoscale Fibre Optics

"Scientists have created a tiny cable -- much thinner than a human hair -- through which they can transmit visible light, potentially paving the way for improvements in solar energy, computing and medicine.

It could lend itself to miniature electrical circuitry and microscopic light-based switching devices for optical computing. It also could have medical applications such as retinal implants for people with the eye disease macular degeneration or detecting single molecules of pathogens in the body......

"You can envision making chips that can move light around -- basically convey information at the speed of light rather than using electronics. So it's optics for the manipulation of information rather than electronics."

Mmmm...speed of light.

Can you see me now ?

"For the first time ever, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a material with a negative refractive index for visible light.

Ames Laboratory senior physicist Costas Soukoulis, working with colleagues in Karlsruhe, Germany, designed a silver-based, mesh-like material that marks the latest advance in the rapidly evolving field of metamaterials, materials that could lead to a wide range of new applications as varied as ultrahigh-resolution imaging systems and cloaking devices."

Seeing really isn't believing after all.

Cancer Fighter Patented

A group of researchers claim that they are patenting a possible cure for cancer involving nothing more than sugar and short-chain fatty acid combination.

The Johns Hopkins researchers cautioned that their double-punch molecule, described in the December issue of the journal Chemistry & Biology, has not yet been tested on animals or humans.

"For a long time, cancer researchers did not pay much attention to the use of sugars in fighting cancer," Department of Biomedical Engineering postdoctoral fellow said. "But we found that when the right sugar is matched with the right chemical partner, it can deliver a powerful double-whammy against cancer cells."

That's that then....next..Flying Cars please.

3D Sketching

Simple, fast ... intuitive. Carry on.