Google's Glasses gives us a future glimpse of what the bionic eye has in store for us. But the real tech to watch is this Australian cyber eye, which is set to begin clinical trials next year. Called The Bionic Eye, its the work of Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). It's a national consortium of researchers with a $42 million ARC grant, and its goal is to develop technology to counter retinal degenerative conditions and age related macular degeneration.  Read more

There are ads and then there are ads that dispense sweet goodies for hungry passersby, like this one for cake brand Mr Kipling which have been installed at bus stops in London recently.  Read more

How are we going to go to space in the future? Using a maglev cannon of course. The minds behind the Stratra project, a $60 billion, 1,000-mile long, 12-mile high, 20,000-miles-per-hour maglev train that starts on the ground and arrives in low Earth orbit, says that it could reduce the cost per kilo for cargo from roughly $10,000 to just $50.  Read more

Intel, is preparing to dive into web based cable TV, according to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Intel's online TV subscription service might just be ready by the end of 2012.  Read more

NEC ultra thin flexible batteries could very well be in the next credit card. Their latest version of its ORB, or organic radical battery measures a super thin 0.3mm thick.  Read more

Watch out adulterers, because the internet is now on to your cheating ways. Thanks to a website called Cheaterville.com, broken hearted users can now anonymously "out" cheaters by posting their profile for the whole world to see.  Read more

Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, has been declared by Forbes as the world's youngest female self-made billionaire. According to the publication, the fact that this 41-year-old made her billions without the help of a husband or an inheritance is what makes her such a successful icon.  Read more

Using a real slingshot to play Angry Birds. Talk about bringing it to the real world. This slingshot controller for the game looks helluva fun. Built around an mbed microcontroller, it translates the angle of the slingshot and the force on the elastic to mouse movements.  Read more

Envia Systems has come up with a new battery technology that could an electric car a range of 300 miles to a charge. Backed by General Motors, Envia Systems has come up with a new process creating a battery with an energy density of 400 watt hours per kilogram.  Read more

Nevada is now ready for driverless cars. According to their Legislative Commission, they've approved testing of autonomous vehicles on their roadways. It will be identifiable by a red license plate.  Read more