Living in the Future, part 3

These two guys over at MIT are developing a cool new motion tracking interface for computers.

Using only a single webcam and brightly colored Lycra gloves, the user can see his or her hands appear on the screen almost instantly, and are able to manipulate objects in a virtual 3D environment.

Motion tracking technology has been in use for a while, but nothing so far has been this cheap and user-friendly.

Living in the Future, part 2

Israeli programmers are working on an algorithm that can recognize sarcasm. So far it's 77% accurate.

I can't wait for my computer to start making fun of me.