PRINT MONEY: Your new HP printer will have its own email address so you can print anything any time, by emailing it. Now, about that $32 million my uncle has in Nigeria...
SIM CITY AFRICA: US soldiers are playing VR games. The Virtual
Cultural Awareness Trainer clues them in to customs, culture and
language in the Horn of Africa. No guano!
TENNIS SERVICE: Fans with smartphones at Wimbledon can discover
scores, find cash machines and avoid queues through a specialised
augmented reality app. Can you order in strawberries and cream too?
RED BLUE MOVIES: Microsoft's new 3D TV screen tracks where you're
looking so it can project a separate image to each eye. Special
glasses not required. How does it handle a pirate patch?
MOTE EYE: A tiny light-sensitive chip behind the retina can let some blind people see again. Light falling on the chip sends electric signals direct to the optic nerve. Live cam with chips!
Tech universe: Thursday June 17
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