The world's first working memrister

Resistors, capacitors, inductors and now finally (more than 30 years after it was first deduced) -
HP produces the first working memrister.

Nanotech may soon be a thing of the past, picotechnology here we come!

Update: ArsTechnica has more.

Making life a little easier, one innovation at a time

I don't remember which blog I read this at, but the blogger is currently travelling in Japan and has posted pictures of innovative Japanese products and ideas in Flickr.