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storage
How Holographic Storage Works (Spoiler: It's a 3D CD)
GE just announced that they're fitting 500GB of data on discs the size of DVDs through "holographic storage" technologies. It's OK to be a bit lost. This clip explains the idea in more tactile terms. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by ripfire: Why does it have to be "disc"? 8 Responses | Other threads
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storage
GE Makes Holographic Storage Breakthrough For Cheap(er) 500GB Discs
Sheinhardt WigsGE engineers have announced a breakthrough in the formerly retardedly-expensive field of holographic storage: by making the holograms smaller, they can squeeze 500GB on standard-sized optical discs. More » -
concepts
The Holodeck, As Re-Imagined in 2009
Star Trek TNG's holodeck is a staple of geek lore, but its interface was designed 20 years ago. Bruce Branit's World Builder is a short much along the same technological theme, but made today. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Hip Nihilist: I'm confused. What was wrong with the lady? She was in the "Neuro-Holographic Recovery Unit". So the holodeck was part... 7 Responses | Other threads
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theoretical physics
Physicists Believe Our Universe Is One Big Hologram, And They May Have Spotted the Pixels
It's not until you acknowledge the world's greatest physicists do you realize how fundamentally useless our role here is. You and I will not uncover the secrets of the Universe. Luckily, someone's working on it. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by gaiking: What a load of crap....these people have way too much time on their hands thinking up this tripe. Give a... 27 Responses | Other threads
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military
US Army to Push X-Files Tech Development, Invade World of Warcraft
The US Army is ramping up the development of technology right out of the X-Files, "making science fiction into reality" as Dr. John Parmentola—Director of their Research and Laboratory Management—puts it. The list of things currently in the works is amazing: Regenerating body parts on "nano-scaffolding", telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp, and self-aware virtual photorealistic soldiers that can be deployed in the battlefield through "quantum ghost imaging". To test these they want to use them into a massively multi-player online games like World of Warcraft or Eve online: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Curves: Project hot women onto the battlefield to confuse the enemy. Who is going to shoot a a naked playboy model? 9 Responses | Other threads
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election
CNN Election Night Talking Heads Will Be 3D Holograms Hanging Out With Wolf Blitzer
Holy crap, the future is here, and I'm not talking about the next president being elected tonight. CNN's election night talking heads won't be yapping against a boring green screen. No sir, they will be 3D holograms beamed into the studio next to Wolf Blitzer, making it seem as if they are actually there. While it's not surprising that bringing this bit of sci-fi magic to the more mundane arena of guys with large heads huffing and puffing about politics and numbers is an impressive technical feat, it's kind of amazing just how much comes together to make it happen. More »
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Comment by nutbastard: NOW HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. If i'm reading this correctly, Wolf won't be able to see the holograms sitting next... 6 Responses | Other threads
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clips
Dreamoc 3D Display Turns Any Phone Into Hologram Machine
We don't know the last time that a demo kiosk has actually caused us to look twice, but if a place like Best Buy or Fry's were filled with Dreamoc 3D displays, we'd probably be more interested in the sales pitch than the product. Because not only can the system display 3D video—it can display 3D video that mixes with real world objects. In other words, the Dreamoc can make it look like your phone has holograms shooting out of the screen: More » -
lickable holograms
Ultrasound Haptic Devices Can Project Tactile Shapes Into Thin Air
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a device that can create touchable, creepily invisible floating "objects" using focused ultrasound waves. Though the technology is in the early testing stages, its designers have already expressed an interest in weaponi- I mean, commercializing it for possible use in gaming and design applications. For now, the team has only been able to simulate resistance in one direction, but say that forming complex shapes and textures is plausible. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by JoOngle: We invented Virtual Reality over 20 years ago, but the graphics where too slow to make it useable. Now VR... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Uber Holograms
MIT Team Developing Eye-Catching, Super Realistic 6-D Imaging Device
3-D images? Peshaw. Those are so 2007. What humanity needs now is what MIT researchers hope to provide very soon: super realistic "passive 6-D reflectance field displays" that not only look great, but also respond to stimuli, like lighting conditions. And, not only will these uber images do all that and a bag of chips, they'll be able to change over time as lighting conditions change, with "no electronics or active control" from we mere humans. Oh, and the displays will respond the changes in viewpoint, meaning these visual wonders will have a creepy degree of interactivity to them too (read: legitimate holograms). More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by Name of Numbers: Meh, no big deal: They still have five dimensions to go according to string theory. So this is really like considering... more » | Other threads
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holograms
Massive Multitouch Hologram is Like Microsoft Surface Without The Surface
The VisionAire projected multitouch (or more accurately, multiswoosh) hologram is an early, rough iteration of an extremely exciting concept: fully interactive holographic displays. Obscura Digital has adapted their proprietary multitouch software to the Musion Eyeliner hologram projection system, which is most notably responsible for the holographic Gorillaz effect during the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by JEmlay: That's great for certain things I guess but useless on a wide scale. more » | Other threads
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military
Good News: The Air Force Wants a Holodeck
Finally, we can all agree on something: the Air Force wants a holodeck. I want a holodeck. You want a holodeck. Luckily for us, the Air Force is a good party to have overlapping interests with, technology wise; they have the billions to do it, and according to a recent request for proposals, are now getting serious. Specifically, they want "petabyte command and control databases [that can] be visualized and controlled dynamically in 3-D," and they don't want it to suck. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by darthuv: VR, Holodeck, those are cool; but I'm really more interested in the tech that comes after them. Virtual Presence (VP)... more » | Other threads
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google earth
The UBiqWindow: Google Earth Hologram Device You'll Want
If you can forgive the crap music, you'll just love this video of Google Earth mashed up with a hologram machine. This is real, and I want one very, very badly. By combining a 2D mid-air projection system and motion sensors, the device gives you a gesture-based interface for exploring the world. The term "badass" springs to mind. [UBiqWindow via GED via GEB] More »
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By Matt HickeyComment by the_amazing_doug: u2 = awesome. this globe thingy = also awesome. however, it'd be even better if we were zoomed into mars with "sunday... more » | Other threads
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video glasses
Sony Video Glasses Will Turn Everyone Star Trek Chic
Answering Mark's prayers and bringing us all one step closer to looking like Geordi La Forge, Sony has unveiled eyeglasses that can show full-color video images. The prototype supports a QVGA resolution, weighs 120g, is 3mm thick at the lens, and has a contrast ratio of 50:1. More » -
holograms
Bill Gates Holographic Appearance Brings Inevitable Palpatine References
Bill Gates addressed a 400-person audience at the World Congress of Information 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, which is nothing unusual except for the way he did it: he appeared using a 15.1-foot holographic projection, probably starting his five-minute pre-recorded speech saying "I'M GOING TO EAT YOU ALL!!!" followed by a megalomaniacal laughter. Sadly, that didn't happen and he looked more like a giant-sized Yoda than an Oz-bound Palpatine. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Cwicseolfor: Bill Gates appears as a hologram and no one has a video of it? more » | Other threads
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By Adam FrucciComment by targatop: Racoon city already has these installed. more » | Other threads
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research
Scientists Invent Updatable Holographic Display
Researchers at the University of Arizona, with funding from the US Air Force, have developed the world's first rewritable holographic display. And by "holographic display" we more mean cheesy baseball cards, mid '90s artwork and credit card logos...as opposed to Star Wars. But the process is still pretty incredible nonetheless. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by saycarramrod: I love how the guy on the right just goes, "Yea, like for...pilots!". He never explains how that would benefit... more » | Other threads
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