Scientists say they have achieved 'temporal cloaking' - manipulating light in a way that makes it appear as if 50 trillionths of a second never happened. Now, they'll try to expand the gap. By Pete Spotts , Staff writer / January 4, 2012 Forget wrapping an object - say, Harry Potter - in a cloak of invisibility.

This is from the UMUC library and you will have to log in to see the abstract. I used doc express to get the complete article. It explains how temporal cloaking can be used for faster, secure communications.

Abstract: Recent research has uncovered a remarkable ability to manipulate and control electromagnetic fields to produce effects such as perfect imaging and spatial cloaking. To achieve spatial cloaking, the index of refraction is manipulated to flow light from a probe around an object in such a way that a "hole" in space is created, and it remains hidden.

A video explaining temporal cloaking.

This is one of my sources for my emerging tech. I had to used doc express for the full article download, but this gives a good overview. You will have to log in to your UMUC account to view.

This link is has a variety of different stories written about up and coming technology like using viruses to power an electric generator. When I saw it I was thinking what application could this possibly have to technology? Apparently one day viruses will power small devices like your phone. This one is pretty far out and I found the article very interesting. I didn't find anything specific about the writer so I don't know his background other than he is a freelance writer.