One of the most popular and unique internet applications, Google Earth, was released to the users of the iPhone and iPod Touch last Sunday. Google Earth has been available on computers for three years and since its launch, has been downloaded more than 400 million times. The new iPhone and iPod touch...

Active Inc., a Tokyo-based optical component manufacturer, is working on a transparent liquid crystal optical film as a replacement for backlit LCDs. A see-through composite LCDdisplay works just like traditional liquid crystal displays which are transparent until you run a current through them, at...