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people and to sense and respond to its surroundings. Created by MIT39。 s Aaron Edsinger and Jeff Weber, the bot can grasp your hands when you touch its springloaded ones and can place a cup on a counter. Its finetuned, eerily human eyes can see who39。 s watching too. Available: Prototype 懒人 e书房 20 Entertainment Don39。 t Flinch Paramount / Shangrila How many dimensions does it take to tell a 1,000yearold monster epic? Robert Zemeckis39。 Beowulf will slice through three, thanks to innovations in digital 3D. The analog 3D of old couldn39。 t perfectly sync two images, disorienting movie goers. Digital39。 s precision has done away with the herkyjerkiness and heightened the feeling of being right there at the tip of Beowulf39。 s blade. Available: In theaters Nov. 16 懒人 e书房 21 Sound Tracker Fet consumer diaries. Arbitron is shaking up the ratings industry with its Portable People Meter, a wearable gizmo that picks up identification codes embedded in the audio portion of a broadcast and automatically records what radio or TVstation consumers are really flipping to. Available: Now 懒人 e书房 22 Reading Glasses Researchers at Madrid39。 s Carlos III University have devised a way for the hearingimpaired to stay with the program: Subtitle Glasses. The minidisplay that hangs over the right lens picks up text that39。 s transmitted to it wirelessly, timed to follow along with the movie. Available: Prototype 懒人 e书房 23 Law amp。 Order Making the Car Chase Obsolete Robert Gallagher Highspeed chases may be money shots in Hollywood, but everywhere else they39。 re just dangerous. The StarChase Pursuit Management System uses a laserguided launcher mounted on the front grill of a cop car to tag fleeing vehicles with a GPS tracking device. Then the fuzz can hang back as realtime location data are sent to police headquarters. Available: Early 2020 懒人 e书房 24 Blinded by the Light The hunt for better nonlethal weaponry gained new urgency when several people died in recent years after being shocked by a Taser. The LED Incapacitator, funded by the Department of Homeland Security, is a novel alternative. When officers shine the flashlightlike device in a person39。 s eyes, highintensity LEDs, pulsating at varying rates, will make the suspect temporarily blind and dizzy. Available: 2020 懒人 e书房 25 Living The $1,000 Football Helmet Expensive, yes, but then again so are MRIs. The HITS helmet (for Head Impact Telemetry System) monitors the precise location and severity of impacts to little Johnny39。 s noggin. After the hightech headgear wirelessly uploads data—gleaned from the same sensors found in car airbags—to a PC, a Webbased analysis may suggest seeking medical attention. The goal is to help parents look for signs of a concussion。 peace of mind not included. Available November 懒人 e书房 26 An ATM for Books The Espresso Book Machine—meaning fast, not coffee—can churn out a 300page paperback on demand, plete with color cover, in just 3 min. The $50,000 machine could transform libraries into minibookstores, making hardtofind titles as accessible as cappuccinos. At $3 a book they might be cheaper too. Available Now 懒人 e书房 27 Good Morning, Sunshine Most people hate their alarm clock. That39。 s why Eoin McNally and Ian Walton created the glo Pillow. Embedded with a grid of LEDs, it uses nothing but light to wake you up. About 40 min. before reveille, the programmable foam pillow starts glowing, gradually being brighter, to simulate a natural sunrise. This helps set your circadian rhythm and ease you into the day. Available Prototype 懒人 e书房 28 Environment Pretty Sweet Copyright Sony Corporation Correction Appended: November 6, 2020 How39。 s this for ecofriendly: a battery that runs on sugar. Sony39。 s bio cell, unveiled in mid2020, uses glucosedigesting enzymes to extract electrons from any sugary solution (as with other batteries, the electrons flow around the circuit to generate electricity). Connect four of the 50milliwatt cells, and you39。 ve got enough juice to keep your MP3 player humming. Available Prototype The original version of this article stated that the Sony bio cell prototype was unveiled in mid2020. It was actually unveiled in mid2020 懒人 e书房 29 Without a Trace Corey Mihailiuk for TIME Did you hear the joke about the paperless office? Now that we39。 ve laid that myth to rest, scientist Paul Smith at Xerox Research Centre of Canada has made a real breakthrough with Erasable Paper. The paper is embedded with a material that changes color when exposed to light and is projected onto it by an inkless printer. The text disappears in 24 hours, so you can reuse the sheet. Available Prototype 懒人 e书房 30 Recovering Lost Oil Frank Pringle, CEO of Global Resource Corp., has developed an emissionsfree process that uses microwaves to pull fuel out of shale rock, tires and even plastic bottles. The extraction technology might also help recover oil that is stuck in muck inside hundreds of capped wells across the country. Available Production unit in early 2020 懒人 e书房 31 Mighty Microbe Bacillus pasteurii is one of the more useful bacteria you39。 ll ever meet. Researchers have discovered a way to use it to turn sandy soil, treacherous dur。