Videophones We may never get those hover cars we still dream about when we watch “The Jetsons’’ on Boomerang. (Page B6, 528 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Nov 23, 2009

The iRex DR800SG, which will be available at Best Buy and on the iRex website in a few weeks, has an 8.1-inch screen, which iRex says makes it ideal for reading newspapers and magazines, with graphics. (Page B6, 501 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Nov 16, 2009

E Ink devices Smartphones and netbooks may be the best things that ever happened to multimedia junkies, who can now watch movies and play games wherever they like. (Page B6, 501 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Nov 9, 2009

Internet radio I’d rather listen to endless ads for oil changes and hair restoration than to Bob Oakes begging for money four times a year. (Page B6, 507 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Oct 26, 2009

Podcasting You might have read my raves about the Zoom digital microphones and recorders from Samson, which record impeccable sound in and out of the home office and studio. (Page B6, 486 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Oct 19, 2009

When MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente started looking for the Fountain of Youth through his microscope more than a decade ago, compatriots were hard to come by. (Page B5, 877 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Oct 19, 2009

Augmented reality Vuzix Corp. is refining its personal 2D and 3D video eyewear, ever so slowly, into something regular folks might consider wearing on the T. More importantly, the new eyewear represents a step toward a more seamless kind of augmented reality environment, one with wearable displays that are as lightweight and unobtrusive as eyeglasses or contact lenses, such as ... (Page B6, 513 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Sep 21, 2009

Videoconferencing If H1N1 fears are keeping you out of circulation, you can still show everyone that your fading summer tan is no spray-on job. (Page B6, 515 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Sep 7, 2009

Nothing says, “I’m a 21st century loser,’’ like admitting you’ve fallen in love with an Android. (Page B6, 523 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Nov 2, 2009

Prototype Marketers dream of the day when they can tack moving pictures onto cereal boxes and wheat-paste ads inside bus shelters and the alleys between big city bars and nightclubs. (Page B6, 560 words)By: Mark Baard|Date: Aug 24, 2009