Light Blue Optics, a tiny technology company in Cambridge, England is developing a portable projector that can turn any flat surface into a touch screen and save our hands the hassle of holding anything.
They typically get a 7% discount on the developer's price, shell out 5% of the property's value as downpayment, then turn around and sell the uncompleted flat to someone else at the full price.
The EFSF is supposed to raise the money through selling AAA bonds guaranteed by the European Union (many of whose members are flat broke), then give the money to the Spanish government which in turn doles it out to the spendthrift banks.
The Espresso Book Machine will turn a PDF file into a 300-page book in four minutes flat, at a cost of one penny per page including a full-color cover.
Although the last reading of Case-Shiller's gauge of prices for 20 cities was flat against a month earlier and down 2.6% year over year, it may be missing a robust turn in housing.