Interesting recent developments in academic computer science.
markessien: In my opinion, it's obvious what the next big thing is going to be. Image recognition, accelerometer integration, multi-touch and so on. Basically, we're looking at the death of the mouse and keyboard a few years down the line.It's starting now, and it's starting the same way the web started - working poorly, very fragmented, cool but not yet practical. This will change soon.