<![CDATA[Gizmodo: contact]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: contact]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/contact http://gizmodo.com/tag/contact <![CDATA[DARPA Wants Contact Lenses to Turn Real-Life Combat Into Call of Duty 4]]> The problem with cool strap-on heads-up displays a few lucky soldiers get to use on the battlefield today is that they're bulky affairs that make them look like half-assed cyborgs. Plus, the interface is limited. The Pentagon wants to develop contact lenses that'll put "first-person-shooter-type video game" graphics on top the soldiers' vision. Yes, they want to make real-life combat the realest Halo match ever.

Specifically, they're looking for "information on technology areas for the creation of micro- and nano-scale display technologies for the purpose of creating displays that could be worn as transparent contact lenses." And they want it now. Okay, like three to five years, but that's practically immediate for the Pentagon. Right in time for Halo 5. [Federal Business Opportunities via Danger Room]

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<![CDATA[CeBIT '06: We've Landed]]> Travis and I just rolled in last night and immediately hunted down the best and brightest here in Hannover. It's violently cold here, horrible snow, and the expo center is huge-normous.

Thus far we've found quite a lot of the same-old-same-old—MP3 players we'll never see, cameras that kick ass that we'll never see, and laptops that look amazing and we'll never see. But we've got lots of new mobiles and PCs, including video of the Q1 from Samsung, one of the first UMPCs. Your first amazing shot from CeBIT—the Samsung SCHWANG chair featuring a strange, bulbous appendage that could do some damage.

We'll be posting more goodies as we spot them. We'll be needing input from you all as to what you'd like to see here at the show. Drop me a line at john at bigwidelogic dot com—that's the mobile email that's working for me right now—or SMS me at 12067537175. If you're at the show and want to suck down a Spaten later on, drop us a line as well.

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