New Internet tools: Future Scanner & Mister Wong
Flying cars ready to take off. Robot medics will deploy by 2009. The British plan to harness wind for 50 percent of energy needs. These are a few of the stories you will find linked to on Future Scanner, a new Web service that highlights forward-looking news stories and blog posts recommended by its users.
Users also play a big part in a site called Mister Wong. It allows users to bookmark their favorite sites and share them with others. It uses those bookmarks as the raw material for a search engine. It's the top social bookmarking site in Germany, and is trying to crack the U.S. market.
