[From the MIT Technology Review Guest blog, where the post includes a 2:29 minute video; more information is available from The New York Times’ Bits blog; see also “The real Google Glasses” post on Kotke.org here] An Expert’s View on Google’s Goggles Mark Changizi, a neurobiologist and the author of The Vision Revolution, discusses Google’s augmented-reality glasses. John Pavlus 04/06/2012 Project Glass, the latest sci-fi concept to come out of Google’s X Lab, has gotten a lot of attention online in the past 24 hours thanks to a clever demo video that shows a user donning a pair of augmented-reality…

[From the web site of Amidio] Introducing FUTULELE, the Ukulele for iPad and iPhone Mar 12, 2012 By: Toyo FUTULELE is an upcoming Ukulele synthesizer for iOS. Although it can work on a single iPad, similar to our well-known guitar synth OMGuitar, Futulele really shines with a special guitar-shaped case that holds both an iPad and an iPhone, which are connected to each other via Bluetooth. We have managed to reduce the chord switch lag to a minimum level and capture every little nuance of a high-grade professional Ukulele instrument. You can use up to 12 chords for each song,…

[From DigInfo TV, where the story includes additional images and a 1:43 minute video] Videoconferencing system that shows who’s talking to whom, being developed by NTT 3 April 2012 MM-Space, being developed by a lab at NTT, is a system designed to make users of video conferencing systems involving several people feel as if they are talking to each other in the same room. This system records the faces and voices of users from the spaces where they’re talking, and transmits them to spaces where the conversation is recreated. A recreation space has several projectors, see-through screens, actuators, and speakers,…

[From MIT’s Technology Review, where the story includes an audio version] [Image: Flutter lets you play or pause music in iTunes or Spotify by holding up an open palm.] Hold Your Hand Up to Play Some Music Via an ordinary webcam, a startup puts simple gestural control in the palm of your hand. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 By Rachel Metz When Navneet Dalal listens to music on his computer, he doesn’t want any keyboard taps or mouse-button clicks to interrupt the experience. He’d rather just hold up an open palm to play or pause the tunes. Dalal is cofounder of…

[From MedCity News, where the story includes a 2:10 minute video] Welcome to the Matrix: Using virtual reality to develop global clinical trials 3.26.12 | Stephanie Baum In a bid to address the reality of global clinical trials among life science companies, one business has developed software to facilitate business collaboration meetings taking place between multiple parties in different locations and continents using … wait for it: avatars. Ron Burns, the CEO of ProtonMedia, said its ProtoSphere world logically addresses the challenge of simultaneous global communication. Burns told MedCity News: “Our companies relate to the room environment the most.…

[From The Huffington Post, where the story includes more images] [Image: One of the winners of the Shapeway contest, this amazing design, courtesy of SaGa Design, is essentially an iPhone casing that forces you to interact with the usually intangible Siri.] Shapeways Siri Contest: iPhone 4S Virtual Assistant Brought To Life Through Design (PICTURES) The Huffington Post  Courteney Palis  Posted: 02/29/2012 Ever since the iPhone 4S was released back in October, the device’s voice-controlled virtual assistant app has captured the attention of users and non-users alike. By now, we’ve grown accustomed to Siri and her pleasant monotone, always at our…