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Email in your eye? Next-generation video screen glasses could lay messages or GPS over your field of vision

Gavin Allen Daily Mail 01/13/2012

As advances in computer technology make gadgets ever smaller and more portable the idea of carrying a screen of any kind could soon be outdated. Consumer products with screens have dropped in size from computer to laptop to tablet via phone. But one company specialising in cutting edge visual technology waIsraeli company Lumus has shown off the PD-18-2, which may look like a cumbersome pair of shades but allow the user to see high-quality images while they walk.nts to beam information directly into your field of vision.

Sony unveils world's first 3D head-mounted display that is as immersive as 'sitting in a cinema' Graham Smith Daily Mail 08/31/2011	Telemprompter Inventor "Hub" Schlafly Dies; Device Changed Public Address in America Byron Wolf and Brian Canova ABC News 04/26/2011
Technology giant Sony has unveiled a head-mounted display that takes the wearer into a 3D cinema of videos, music and games.The HMZ personal 3D viewer is being targetted at people who prefer solitary entertainment rather than sitting in front of a television with family or friends.	You’ve never heard of Hubert J. “Hub” Schlafly Jr., but if you’ve seen a major political speech in the past generation, you know his work. Schlafly invented the TelePrompTer and changed public address in America. He died April 20th in Connecticut.
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Minnesota Police Officers Fitted With Body Cameras Caroline Lowe CBS Minnesota 03/03/2011	E-Readers With Color Open Door for Pictures JULIE BOSMAN The New York Times 12/15/2010
The Burnsville Police Department was the first law enforcement agency in the state to use body cameras when it started equipping officers with the technology last summer.	Millions of consumers have embraced black-and-white e-readers like the Kindle for reading simple novels or nonfiction — but books with color illustrations have generally remained better read in print.
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Brush teeth while checking Facebook with US$7700 magic mirror Zoe Li CNNGo.com 10/14/2010	Personal Power: Energy Device Feeds From Human Movement Autumn Ziemba Fox 8 07/19/2010
The Cybertecture Mirror looks just like any typical mirror we can find in a Hong Kong home. The fog-resistant reflective surface measuring 50 by 80 centimeters could be the one that is innocently hanging in our bathrooms, but with a touch to the remote control, this mirror transforms into a computer screen in a science fiction-inspired moment.	We've all been there. Our cell phone or laptop battery dies at the worst time. The owner of Tremont Electric has developed a tool that not only solves that problem, but might just put Cleveland on the earth-friendly map.
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Award-winning InfiniteUSB port 03/23/2010	Google Voice 'light' to work with existing cell phone numbers Mike Swift San Jose Mercury News 10/26/2009
The InfiniteUSB plug-in device provides a new USB port, when it occupies one USB port. There is no limitation of number of USB ports anymore.	Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, will be available on users' existing cell phone numbers starting today.
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