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From New Scientist - Nanotechnology

Replacing glass with vacuums speeds up chips - Vacuum-filled polymer tubes better insulate computer chips than glass, resulting in increased speed and efficiency

'Energy harvesting' can boost optoelectronic efficiency - Fast silicon chips that use both light and electricity to process data can be made more efficient – the technique also solves a tricky problem for chip makers

Nano-generator could power tiny devices - The day when you can charge your cell phone or iPod just by going for a stroll around the block could be a step closer, thanks to a "nano-generator"

From Physics Org

Nanotube adhesive sticks better than a gecko's foot - Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have taken one sticky step in the right direction, creating synthetic "gecko tape" with four times the sticking power of the real thing.

From Technology Review - NanoTech

Nanocurry vs. Cancer - Researchers hope that curcumin encapsulated in nanospheres will spice up clinical trials for Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, and cancer.

See-Through Transistors - Transparent transistors made from nanowires could mean bright and clear OLED displays.

From Transmaterial

Multi-Touch Interaction - Developed by Jefferson Han at New York University, Multi-Touch Interaction offers a wide variety of application scenarios and interaction modalities that utilize multi-touch input information. These go far beyond the "poking" actions you get with a typical touch screen, or the gross gesturing found in video-based interactive interfaces.