Google's Glasses gives us a future glimpse of what the bionic eye has in store for us. But the real tech to watch is this Australian cyber eye, which is set to begin clinical trials next year. Called The Bionic Eye, its the work of Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). It's a national consortium of researchers with a $42 million ARC grant, and its goal is to develop technology to counter retinal degenerative conditions and age related macular degeneration.

There are ads and then there are ads that dispense sweet goodies for hungry passersby, like this one for cake brand Mr Kipling which have been installed at bus stops in London recently.

According to AdAge, this unique ad works in two ways: it implements a sort of 'smell-vertising' that emitts the scent of freshly baked cakes; and it also dispenses Mr Kipling brand cake samples too! Too bad it's all the way in the UK. Maybe someday, we all will be able to walk down the street and grab pieces of cake and candy on every corner, just like that awesome cupcake ATM but only better (because it's free!)

How are we going to go to space in the future? Using a maglev cannon of course. The minds behind the Stratra project, a $60 billion, 1,000-mile long, 12-mile high, 20,000-miles-per-hour maglev train that starts on the ground and arrives in low Earth orbit, says that it could reduce the cost per kilo for cargo from roughly $10,000 to just $50.

Intel, is preparing to dive into web based cable TV, according to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Intel's online TV subscription service might just be ready by the end of 2012.

They plan to offer online access to U.S. TV cable channels, one move, that will surely spark a lot of follow up elsewhere around the world. Are TV stations becoming endangered now?

NEC ultra thin flexible batteries could very well be in the next credit card. Their latest version of its ORB, or organic radical battery measures a super thin 0.3mm thick.

The technology makes it outperform lithium ions, and they can be created using a special printing process and easily integrated into circuit boards during the manufacturing process. The company envisions that the latest generation of the batteries being used in electronics like flat screen displays, and flexible e-readers or even credit cards.

Watch out adulterers, because the internet is now on to your cheating ways. Thanks to a website called Cheaterville.com, broken hearted users can now anonymously "out" cheaters by posting their profile for the whole world to see.

Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, has been declared by Forbes as the world's youngest female self-made billionaire. According to the publication, the fact that this 41-year-old made her billions without the help of a husband or an inheritance is what makes her such a successful icon.

Using a real slingshot to play Angry Birds. Talk about bringing it to the real world. This slingshot controller for the game looks helluva fun. Built around an mbed microcontroller, it translates the angle of the slingshot and the force on the elastic to mouse movements.

Envia Systems has come up with a new battery technology that could an electric car a range of 300 miles to a charge. Backed by General Motors, Envia Systems has come up with a new process creating a battery with an energy density of 400 watt hours per kilogram.

Nevada is now ready for driverless cars. According to their Legislative Commission, they've approved testing of autonomous vehicles on their roadways. It will be identifiable by a red license plate.

Google is going to do just that. Their system, can be installed on any make of vehicle, and the company has already been working on theirs for a while already and even received a patent late last year.