Today’s Pick: Computerworld’s 2007 Horizon Awards

Posted by Helen @ MaRS, September 6th, 2007

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On August 20, the magazine Computerworld released its annual list of the top 10 “cool cutting-edge technologies” emerging from research labs and companies. This year’s winners include:

  • ElekTex (Elekson Group PLC), interactive textile technology for wearable gadgetry
  • EyePoint (Stanford University’s HCI Lab), which makes eye-gaze a viable alternative to the mouse for point and selection tasks on the computer
  • Zink Imaging (Zinc Inc.), a totally inkless digital image full-colour printing system

For the complete list and details about the winners, see: 10 cool cutting-edge technologies on the horizon now – complete list



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