How can you tell if your spy planes and satellites need corrective eye wear? You have them read an optometry chart, of course. The only difference is that instead of reading letters and capital E’s pointed in different directions, they have to discern the patterns scattered around the Gobi Desert and other locations. The image above found on Google Maps is one of many being discovered by people of the web since they were first spotted in 2011. Here are some of the others that have been located so far. Like a huge puzzle: They can be round as well. … or square.  …

There’s a fine line between technology that enables a better world and technology that makes us head in the wrong direction. Movies like The Matrix, Terminator, and iRobot have given us a fiction view of what could happen if technology connected us all and eventually had the ability to take over. Such a vision has been a distant whimsical threat until very recently. Today, it all seems possible. We’re On the Brink of amazing things in society, as Ericsson puts it. The telecom gear maker has put a lot of effort into communicating their dream of the near future with their Networked Society website….

Meow! What’s better than a cute kitty? A cute kitty with a webcam, of course! Pet Vision. A new concept by TOOUT Industrial Design hints at a future where pet owners can check up on their pets at anytime by logging into a computer and tapping into the webcam attached to your pet’s collar. In essence, it will give you a first-person perspective of your pet at anytime. Now, we know how popular videos of cute cats and kittens are on YouTube, but could you imagine a world with live webcam feeds of cute kittens? Could you imagine how much time and productivity will be lost throughout the day if this happened?…

I guess we all should of seen this one coming. Ten years in the making, researchers at Bionic Vision Australia have developed an early prototype that when surgically inserted into your eye, will allow the user to see real-world applications. Its funny that I refer to the “human” who receives the surgery as a user. This is one step close to robots taking over the world, but at the same time I believe this is a much need invention and definitely will be a historic and breakthrough invention for years to come. I couldn’t imagine a world without vision. The Australian government has already invested close…