Prism bridges apps gap

Prism, the codename for a Mozilla Labs project currently in development, is a site-specific browser with no menus, no toolbars, no browser interface or any other fancy bits, writes PCWorld.

The aim of Prism is to provide a seamless bridge between browser-based applications and locally-installed ones.

The Prism team say: "Unlike Adobe Air and Microsoft Silverlight, we're not building a proprietary platform to replace the Web. We think the Web is a powerful and open platform for this sort of innovation, so our goal is to identify and facilitate the development of enhancements that bring the advantages of desktop apps to the Web platform."

An offbeat idea developed by a pair of French designers resulted in a working prototype of a clock that takes lemons beyond the realm of the kitchen and illustrates their potential as a power source, writes Canoe.ca

The citrus-powered digital clock was in good company among several new and emerging green innovations showcased in an exhibition of environmental technologies designed to protect the planet while enhancing daily life.

The Living Green-Ovations Showcase, featured at the recent Green Living Show in Toronto, presented a variety of products at the prototype stage as well as the newly marketed, highlighting energy conservation and eco-design innovation.

General Electric has established a technology that can place the equivalent of 100 DVDs on a single, standard-sized disc, states Picture Business.

The New York Times reported that the technology, which is built around holographic storage, is a "laboratory success" that has a large amount of potential applications, both in consumer and commercial products. However, it has not as of yet been built into a ready-to-sell product.

The first products with the technology will likely be introduced in 2011 or 2012, with commercial markets receiving it first, the Times said.