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a paint that lets you control electronic devices.

Electronic eyeglasses to hit the US by the end of 2010 used in daily 6.21

Algorithm determines when to buy electronics and when to wait for price drops or new models.

"Several companies have successfully built cooperative marketing structures online. Companies such as OwnerIQ, for example, enable online retailers like Crutchfield to retarget people who visit the web sites of electronics manufacturers, offering the flatscreen TVs they were just studying - at a discount. When it comes to driving brick-and-mortar sales from online, though, Facebook appears to offer the best solution yet. CPG brands gladly pay for retail circulars to help sell their products, and there's reason to believe they could buy Facebook advertising to drive consumers into retail locations. One company with which we work, ShopLocal, puts a retailer's circular content into a database, including images and all the sale prices and details. In so doing it makes local data portable and extendable, so retailers can build online-only pages of the circular, or utilize QR codes to generate more content than exists in the print world."

researchers have devised a way to "print" devices directly onto the skin so people can wear them for an extended period while performing normal daily activities. Such systems could be used to track health and monitor healing near the skin's surface, as in the case of surgical wounds.

the future of "QR codes" AR, invisible electronic code -- Blippar, AR News App, Touchcode

"R2 Studios, which is developing home-media and automation technology, has remained largely mum about its plans but last year released an app that turns Android phones into touch panels for controlling heating and lighting systems wirelessly. R2 Studios also holds some patents related to controlling electronic devices and interfaces."

This is a fairly crazy way to buy things, but it does have a certain appeal to folks who like to thoroughly document their spending habits. You know the ones: They film themselves "unboxing" consumer electronics items, or they upload mirror pics of their new outfits to Pinterest, or they tell all their Facebook friends about the Kickstarter pledge they just made. 

a spoon that will tell you if something is too salty.

wearable tech

Cool app for consumer electronics shopping