Australian researchers successfully implanted and tested an early prototype bionic eye, while online retailer Ditto released its new 3D virtual fitting technology that lets customers try on glasses online.

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"It's all about technology fitting in with our lives -- not the other way around, " said Darby.

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It is a fitting tribute to an old technology that handheld clockwork devices, which were used long ago by sailors to find their positions at sea, could now, in a modern form, do the job once again.

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Fitting its aggressive personality, Select Technology battered investors in the tech crash at the turn of the century and roughed them up again in the 2008 crash.

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On iReport, Lindsay posts under the name "infoaddict, " which seems fitting for a former librarian and information technology expert with masters' degrees in literature and library information sciences.

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