MIT unveils top 10 tech

The editors of Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation, have unveiled their annual list of the 10 emerging technologies that will soon have a profound impact on how people live and work, reports Nanowerk.

These innovations - each represented by a researcher whose vision and work is driving the field - promise fundamental shifts in areas from energy to healthcare, computing to communications.

Each TR10 winner is drawn from the editors' coverage of key fields, and is based on a simple question: is the technology likely to change the world?

Samsung Electronics has posted a 3D TV health warning on its Australian Web site describing a long list of hazards potentially associated with the technology, states EETimes.

The warning is reminiscent of the concerns which plagued the fledgling virtual-reality market a decade ago. Samsung's posting, titled 'Photosensitive seizure warning and other health risks', runs through a short list of serious maladies that can be triggered as a result of viewing 3D TV.

The worst is a stroke or epileptic seizure, but the list also describes symptoms like altered vision, light-headedness, dizziness, involuntary movements such as eye or muscle twitching, confusion, nausea, convulsions, cramps, disorientation and 'loss of awareness'.

Researchers at Toshiba Research Europe's Cambridge lab have made an encryption breakthrough, by demonstrating the continuous operation of quantum key distribution with a secure bit rate exceeding 1Mbps over 50km of fibre, according to The Inquirer.

They managed to do this over a 24-hour period at a rate between 100 and 1 000 times faster than any other traffic sent over the same distance.

Toshiba suggests the technology could be used to power regular occurrences of 'one-time pad' encryption, which previously had been complex and restrictive to construct because it requires extremely long keys.