Doctor of the Future

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/135/the-doctor-of-the-future.html

"Health care accounts for $1 in every $6 spent in the United States"

I think this speaks for itself.. Innovation is really the cure for the health system? Pretty good discussion on this article. New trends and case studies.

Computer graphics at work

So far, I believe computer graphics' the popular cousin of computer vision. Here's an example, if you know what i mean ;)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face.html

Humanoids.. oh humanoids...

http://www.ijrr.org/ijrr_2008/volume27-issue10/096316/QRIO-navigation.wmv

A robot going through a room, recognizing obstacles using stereovision. As we can all see, the state of the art still far from sci-fi performance! Hasta la vista...