Technology

A start-up company called Cloud Girlfriend claims it will create the virtual, social network-friendly girlfriend you don't have in real life. According to Cloud Girlfriend's Web site, this is how the process works: Step 1: Define your perfect girlfriend. Step 2: We bring her into existence. Step 3: Connect and interact with her publicly on your favorite social network. Step 4: Enjoy a public long

Move over, Jackson Pollock. Artist Timo Arnall eschews the oil paints for light by creating visualizations of WiFi signals. Says Arnall on Vimeo: This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs. A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a phot

We found these light-up cereal boxes today that illuminate store shelves. These are just a marketing demo, but there's a good chance this electrical induction technique will be lighting up grocery stores in the near future. We've got the video, along with a few other mind-blowing examples of the future of point of purchase display gadgetry.

The same technology that brought us late-night infomercial standard The Clapper now provides an easy way to free your lady friend of her brassiere. Two quick claps and the Clap Off bra pops right off. This is not the kind of bra a woman should wear to the ball game, or the theater. Check out a fairly safe for work video demonstration of the Clap Off.

Lydon Batty suffers from polycystic kidney disease, which weakens his immune system to the extent that he can’t attend school with the other children. But now a four-foot-tall mobile telepresence system allows the high-school freshman from Knox City, TX., to be right in the classroom with his peers.

A 10-year-old walking on a subway platform in Milan, Italy while playing his handheld PSP became so engrossed in his game that he wandered right onto the train tracks. The youngster took quite a tumble, but Alessandro Micalizz, an off-duty cop, immediately jumped down onto the track and pulled the boy to safety. The next train was less than a minute away. No word on what game the boy was playing.

AT&T's stranglehold on the iPhone has officially come to an end. Starting February 10, Verizon, AT&T's chief rival in the cellular biz, will begin selling the iPhone, announcing their new agreement with Apple early Tuesday.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas draws tech geeks galore, who come to get a first look at the cutting-edge gadgets that will soon be on store shelves.