Moldable Lights
Researchers have developed a method for creating a material that generates light but can also be molded into any shape.
Eyes Closed
A video showreel demonstrating the use of open and closed eyes to control computer functions.
Inflate
Inflate's inflatable structures resemble igloos in shape and colour, but instead of ice, they are supported by air. As a result these structures are light and functional but have a very organic look to them.
The FP-6000
This paper gives an account of the earlier days of computing, and promising technology that succumbed to the social and political pressures of the time.
From the article: Ferranti Canada's efforts to launch an indigenous computer industry, with itself at the centre, and the eventual collapse of this dream, is a more complex story than the usual versions which speak of great ideas lost to an unresponsive society. The present paper gives an account of Ferranti Canada's involvement in the beginnings of a Canadian electronics industry in the twenty years, or so, following the end of the Second World War against the background of the influence of world events on the Canadian political, military, and industrial scene.
Claytronics
Here's a better-quality video of the shape-shifting nanobot material mentioned here previously.
