Following the trend of most technologies, projectors are getting smaller and smaller. These little guys are popping up in cell phones and in portable pocket projectors. The signifigance of these innovations is potentially huge. Projections can replace screens, keyboards, even the buttons on the ATM. This all adds up to material savings and potentially cost savings.An even smaller technology, the memristor, seems like the stuff of sci-fi fantasy. A memristor allows your computer to remember what is stored in memory when turned off. Your machine will not need to be booted up and will be more energy efficient. Just think, someday you'll be telling your grandchildren about when computers took a whole sixty seconds to boot up.
Fiber technology seems to be all the rage lately. This Eleksen fabric keyboard uses switching and sensing fibers to recieve the input. The keyboard becomes a bag for a small laptop or mouse. The power to make hardware--- soft is mind blowing!
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