GE Brings Ultra Mobile Untrasound To Life

Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, announced at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, a device called the Vscan billed as a low-cost and very portable ultrasound scanner. "It's about the same size as a BlackBerry," Immelt said while holding the device that resembles an oversize flip-phone. No price was apparently provided but Immelt said "This could be the stethoscope of the 21st century."

Source: CNet / Rafe Needleman

Radiohead's No Camera Video

Radiohead has produced a new video for their "House of Cards" track from their most recent album release "In Rainbows". The exciting thing about this video is that it was created entirely without a camera using two scanning technologies to capture 3D images utilizing structured light and laser techniques. Check out the Official Google Blog post here and the video plus the making of video here. Also available is the data used under a license that allows remixing.

Sharper touch screen on the horizon

CBC News is reporting that Sharp has developed, and will mass produce, touch-screen glass that is about half the thickness of today's generation of screens, and because it does not use a film covering it will produce sharper images. The technology embeds an optical sensor in each pixel of the screen, will allow for multiple touch points on a single screen at the same time, and has scanning technology built in. The screen will go into production next year and can be made up to ~30 centimetres in width.