3M Say that their mini-projector will be appearing in cellphones later
this year, and can project to a 50 inch screen for impromptu use:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/153237/mobile-phone-projectors-will-launch-this-year.html
The slimline edition of the Sony PSP is to get Skype functionality, turning
the games console into a WiFi phone:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/06/slim-psps-to-get-skype-functionality-late-january/
The inventor of the Super Soaker develops a novel heat engine that
generates electrical power by pushing ions through a membrane:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4243793.html
And finally. The ultimate Futurama accessory has to be this Bender robot,
brain powered by a 6502 CPU and capable of brewing beer:
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bender/
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.