Whoever designs a better mouse trap will hit the jackpot

3D printing is the biggest game changer in the manufacturing industry. Google it and be amazed.

Another Apple and Samsung being stir fried at the moment.

Yota Devices is betting on its soon-to-be revealed dual-screen product to break the mold of mobile technology—combining a traditional LCD screen on one side and an electronic-paper display on the other, allowing for seamless information streaming while promising better battery life than the average smartphone.

"We created this to be different," said the company's 43-year-old chief executive, Vladislav Martynov, while demonstrating a prototype at his sleek Moscow office filled with antique telephones. "Most phones nowadays are boring—they are just boxes. This is a phone for people who want to be outside that box."

A team of 35 engineers with a budget of $25 million worked since May to bring the concept into reality, he said

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Five Technologies to Watch in 2013

1. Wireless charging

This may be the year we recall as having finally sent wireless charging on its way (see “The Long and Winding Road to Wireless Charging”). As an IHS analyst recently put it to a CNET reporter, “we are getting closer to the mainstream.” Around five million devices using wireless charging were sold in 2012, but we might see numbers closer to 100 million in the coming two to three years (see “Wireless Charging–Has Its Time Finally Arrived?”). Madison Square Garden and Virgin Atlantic are among those who have started to build out some wireless charging infrastructure for sports fans and frequent flyers.

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