5 New technologies

http://senseable.mit.edu/flyfire/#
Flyfire  - Little flying helicopters with LEDs that arrange themselves to make an image. Its pretty damn cool. Reminds me of the group of fish that make those shapes in finding nemo.

http://www.tabletouch.com/taptable.htm
Coffee table with built in digital newspaper touch screen. It also has other functions, but I like the digital newspaper aspect the most. Excellent idea.

http://www.veilinteractive.com/CaseStudy/casestudy_Batwave.htm
Never heard of this, don't know if it's new(or relevant). TV signal activates childrens toy when the show comes on tv! Crazy. Childrens toys that advertise other childrens toys... genius.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22117/page2/
Virtual assistant software. Collects information from various sources and recommends available options. Only relevant because I use it in one of my concepts... Like virtual intelligence.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Patents-New-Motion-Tracking-Technology-116029.shtml

New motion tracking thing for playstation. Analyzes household objects to be used in game. Playing a baseball game? scan a baseball bat and use that and the playstation eyecam will recognise the bat and track it. Pretty cool.