On this day in 1947, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber took to the skies for the first time.

The age of touchscreen tablets has been hailed as the beginning of an exciting new phase of computing, redefining our relationships with our gadgets. But this view tends to ignore the disabled, who may not have the ability to use a finger to swipe on the latest iPhone app. Now a new tablet accessory offers a solution for children who need a little extra help to access the world of touchscreens.

Most things that we see are made of shapes. You can think of shapes as made up of either a whole bunch of pixels in a grid, or as a few lines and curves. The former is what most digital images are stored as, but the latter is a much better way to go. A new video codec that relies on vector-based images might be killing off the pixel completely in five years.

We've heard about Foxconn's legion of robots scheduled to take over for the company's human work force, and we know that robots are already working in many factories in the U.S. But bringing this kind of automation to the masses by making it simple to use and affordable has been elusive, until now.