New Scientist
You’ll buy more from web ads that know how you think
Amid the wealth of information streaming out of websites, banner ads get little of users' attention. For website operators that depend on advertising revenues and online retailers, that's not good news. So could they make those banners more appealing by tailoring the content more closely...
Read MoreContact lens to get built-in graphics
A contact lens that harvests radio waves to power an LED is paving the way for a new kind of display. The lens is a prototype of a device that could display information beamed from a mobile device. Realising that display size is increasingly a...
Read MoreTo protect your privacy, hand over your data
Verifying your identity generally comes down to entering one "key" that only you can provide – be it a password, credit card number or RFID tag. That's not good enough, according to a new proposal, which suggests that our digital identities will be more secure...
Read MoreLive Video makes Google Earth Cities Bustle
Virtual globes such as Google Earth or Microsoft Visual Earth provide great bird's-eye views of urban landscapes. But those streets are empty, transforming the world's cities into ghost towns. Now a system that can draw on real-time video from traffic and surveillance cameras, or weather...
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