I don't wear glasses either, but I sure would wear these if they turn out to be useful. Especially if they come in a sunglasses edition :)

The graph is correct, because as long there are no standardized units of measure for "scientific advancement", one can always define them in a way such that the graph is correct. I dare claim that for any "intuitive" quantification method for "scientific advancement" the graph is a good approximation of reality.

Can I play (and, more importantly, claim my prize if I win) from Europe or do I have to be in the USA?

There are people who do not have facebook accounts but who do actually exist, even in the age category you mentioned. I am an example of such a person myself, and honestly I am glad I haven't opted into any service which screws its clients like facebook does.

Actually I am more interested in seeing what happens during the setup of personal data. In earlier Windows versions it was ask for some info, reboot, ask for some more info, reboot etc. but this post contains some subtle indications that this, too, might be different in windows 8. Could it be that they have finally…

Solution: just put the thing inside a Faraday bag and only let it out when streaming energy consumption data to mobile devices (assuming that's what the wireless signals are being used for)

I read somewhere that questions like "How much is 1+1" often work better than catchpas. I personally highly doubt this mainly because I think wolfram alpha would be able to answer most of them quite easily. But it might be a good idea to render these questions in catchpa for dual security.

IF WebOS is killed, does that mean all their patents move to the public domain? I would love to see Android + Cards + JustType ...

A year or so ago I read somewhere (don't remember where) that adding multiple cores helped mobile processors underclock themselves when possible, sharply decreasing power consumption. Now you are claiming an overclocked single core chip consumes less power than a dual core chip... I'm confused.

I currently have two bikes and in two days both got a leak tire. Those metal wheels would solve this annoyance eternally...

Maybe because not everyone likes the smell of flowers and other stuff usually put into perfumes, but people who don't (a.k.a. people like me) usually do like the smell of food.

What does this tablet look like? Would it be just another touchscreen-only device or would it look more like an autonomously working Wii U controller?

Whatever the person is sitting on is bound by two wires:

I bet we would even be using laptops on the toilet if it weren't for their big and unwieldy form factor.

Why can't we release a similar robot manufacturing solar panels in the Sahara? Other than wiring the solar panels together I do not see any major problems.

Are these patents being acknowledged in Europe as well?

The could just have de-OCR'd the pages and inserted the resulting images in new pdf's. Doing so after redaction by the lawyers would solve the seemingly-blacked-out-text-which-reveals-upon-selection-problem just as well.

Why not just ask "This could be you, do you want to tag it as you?" with every photo the system recognizes as you? If you are not on a huge bulk of photos this should work pretty well.

Though impressively small, this is not the smallest transistor ever made. In fact a smaller one has been reported here on Gizmodo:

Is this gonna be compatible with their liquavista technology?