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November 3, 2015

Innovega to demo augmented-reality contact lenses at CES

Inventive startup Innovega plans to show off a high-tech contact lens next week that will float virtual screens filled with information in front of the wearer’s eyes.

November 3, 2015

‘Invisible’ airplanes: Chinese, US race for cloaking tech

China is working on technology that bends light around an object, obscuring it from view as though hidden by an invisibility cloak. Experts say the tech is legit – and not unlike American and European projects from the past few years.

November 3, 2015

Google acquires robotic experts Boston Dynamics

Google has bought Boston Dynamics, an advanced robotics company with several high-profile robots to its name. The move is the latest in a series of similar deals recently sealed by the tech giant.

November 3, 2015

Japanese firm proposes building solar panel ring around moon

A Japanese construction firm has an illuminating idea to solve the planet’s energy problems: build a belt of solar panels 6,800 miles around the moon.

November 3, 2015

Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks to build successor to SR-71 Blackbird

A new hypersonic spy plane is coming from the company that perfected the technology -- and this one will fly six times the speed of sound.

November 3, 2015

Fish.net? Researchers test 'underwater Internet'

Researchers from the University of Buffalo in New York are working on an underwater Wi-Fi system, a sort of deep sea Internet using sound waves rather than radio waves.

November 3, 2015

Stop ... 163 years of telegram service comes to an end in India

India's last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years.

November 3, 2015

The next great Internet revolution is coming, AOL founder says

The second great Internet revolution is coming, and it will be bigger than the first, one man says. He should know: He helped make the first revolution happen.

November 3, 2015

Google Glass app offers facial recognition

 There seems to be no end to what Google Glass can do. The latest advancement to come to Google's futuristic headgear is an app that gives Glass facial recognition capabilities. 

November 3, 2015

Forget 4G: Samsung claims 5G smartphone breakthrough

Samsung Electronics said it made a breakthrough in developing mobile technology for fifth-generation networks, though it expects it will take years until the service is brought online for subscribers.