Founded in New Zealand in 1999 and now headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., the company achieves its unique visual effect by embedding LCD displays within each other. It calls the approach Multi-Layer Display (MLD). By running these embedded screens parallel, the screens enhance each other, essentially "deepening" what viewers see and allowing the display of additional information over the primary view.

MLD increases pixel density, but it also boosts productivity and comprehension of information. Viewing multiple layers on the same display lets users take in all the information at once -- no distractions, nothing obscured. It's a richer way to process information.

The mess of wires, those power strips overloaded with transformers and maddening gadget connectors half a nanometer from perfection may all soon be a thing of the past. A little company called Fulton Innovations has created 'eCoupled Technology,' a charging station that can interface with any electronic gadget and charge it without any wires.

U.S. Economy: Productivity Fails to Match Wage Gains May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Productivity gains in the U.S. failed to keep pace with a jump in wages in the first quarter, pointing to a greater risk of accelerating inflation. Labor costs climbed 2.5 percent, more than twice analysts' forecasts, and compensation for each hour worked jumped to an annual rate of 5.7 percent, the Labor Department said in Washington. The increase in wages exceeded a gain in productivity, which rose at an annual rate of 3.2 percent. Companies may be squeezing as much as they can out of employees and equipment, economists said. To meet demand, they're hiring more workers and boosting compensation, risking faster inflation that may require the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates.