Innovation key to US technological edge, say panelists

03.05.2006

-- Aura, offering a "mobile platform for object and location annotation." With this effort, users could scan bar codes of different products and send the data to a central portal Web site, enabling them to provide information about these products to people of their choosing.

-- Nocturnal, for Messenger-based information sharing. This project provides for automated information-sharing between MSN Messenger users and harnesses the power of social networks. It is in a prototype stage.