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What's going on in Taejon, at the Korea Research Institute, is a very basic example of what could be the most interactive technology of the future: brain-computer interfaces. Early computers were controlled by cardboard punch cards; the first PCs demanded typed DOS commands; the mouse gave us a graphic interface. Will we one day be able to enter the world of computing with no external mechanical intermediary whatsoever - in other words, just by thinking? Researchers around the globe are working on the problem. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, for example, has developed the Adaptive Brain...
...only that, but it is constantly updating itself through the phone line with one call every night while you sleep. I wake up in the morning and the operating system has rid itself of bugs. I wish my PCs would do that...
...Fathammer Private company based in Helsinki, Finland CEO: Brian Bruning What it does: Enables 3-D graphic games from PCs and gaming consoles to be played on current and future mobile devices Why it is hot: Much of the future of interactive entertainment will be wireless. Fathammer's technology will lead to the introduction of graphics-rich games and its new CEO, well known in the gaming industry, is already courting big- name partners such as Intel and Nokia www.fathammer.com...
...this has relevance to the future of the high-tech industry. It's become conventional wisdom that soon more consumers worldwide will access the Internet by mobile phones than by PCs. Well, maybe. But in the U.S., the world's richest market, some of the most popular applications of Internet technology seem singularly unsuited to a mobile phone, even when the much heralded third-generation phones are in common use. A phone's display is never going to be big enough to handle the rich displays of text and graphics of the American news and financial-services sites. And dare...
...sleek good looks and 256-color screen of a high-end Palm. It weighs just 6 oz. and is about 5 in. long. There is no keypad, though, so you will have to dial with a stylus or by voice. It will be available in August through Sprint PCS...