15th May 2004 Archive

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• Flying car more economical than SUV

  NextFest All the fun from the Future Fair

  Inventor Paul Moller has pulled off an astonishing achievement. He's found a parking spot in San Francisco. And we can be grateful for this, because his Flying Car is undoubtedly the draw at the technology exhibition NextFest (here until Sunday, at Fort Mason). It's just a prototype, but judging by the queues of eager children …

  Science 15 May 2004, 03:40

• Are you ready for Bendable Computing?

  NextFest Gummi, we salute you

  Thin, bendable computers are coming - and they present a unique challenge for human interface designers. Flexible components have already been demonstrated, such as OLED displays that could be produced as thin as 0.2 mm. But the tricky part is finding a new interaction model that makes the most of the malleable machines. Clearly …

  Science 15 May 2004, 05:58