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LG unveils FPR polarized 3D television

(PhysOrg.com) -- LCD manufacturer LG Display has unveiled its new polarized three-dimensional television technology to 250 participants at a launch press conference in Beijing, China.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

A new automated system to monitor potentially dangerous vehicles whilst in motion

A European research project has tested the use of 3D cameras alongside the highways and sensors embedded in the roadside to detect dangerous, overloaded trucks as they move. The system enables a reduction ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

3-D spectacles get a fashion makeover

3-D movies may be cool, but the glasses you get to watch them with are most certainly not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Waiting for a replacement part for your domestic appliance? Print your own

(PhysOrg.com) -- Media coverage: Researchers based at the Innovative Design and Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Bath have designed and developed a printer that can create objects from 3D files.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Samsung readies green memory with advanced chip stacking technology

Samsung Electronics today announced the development of an eight gigabyte registered dual inline memory module based on its advanced Green DDR3 DRAM. The new memory module, which has just been successfully ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Televisions: New technology adds new dimensions to purchases

Over the past few years, buying a new TV got to be a pretty simple process.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Apple patents an inexpensive 3-D projection system

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. patent office has granted Apple a patent for a 3-D projection system that doesn't require the use of bulky 3-D glasses. This gives the viewer more freedom of movement and viewing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 20 | with audio podcast weblog

Japan pitches mind-blowing high-tech 3D World Cup

Japan promised a high tech marvel in its final pitch to host the 2022 World Cup on Wednesday by paving 400 stadiums around the world with 3D flat screens to show life size matches thousands of miles away.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A 360 degree camera that sees in 3D (w/ Video)

Surround sight has come to the camera. Inspired by the eye of a fly, EPFL scientists have invented a camera that can take pictures and film in 360° and reconstruct the images in 3D.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Making 3D avatars the easy way

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a user-friendly method for creating realistic three-dimensional avatars (graphical representations of computer users) from any digital ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft scrambling to keep up with Kinect demand

Microsoft said Tuesday that it sold more than 2.5 million Kinect for Xbox 360 devices worldwide in the 25 days after that the gesture-sensing videogame controllers hit the market.

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worth a thousand million words: Researchers create 3-D models from online photo databases (w/ Video)

Who says Rome wasn't built in a day? Computer scientists have invented a technique that automatically creates 3-D models of landmarks and geographical locations, using ordinary two-dimensional pictures available ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Tests on Danish astronomer's body will take months

(AP) -- Scientists who have exhumed the remains of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe say tests aimed at solving the mystery of his sudden death will take until next year.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft sells one million Kinects in 10 days

Microsoft said it sold one million Kinect motion-sensing controllers for the Xbox 360 videogame console in 10 days and is on pace to sell five million by the end of the year.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moving holograms: From science fiction to reality (w/ Video)

Remember the Star Wars scene in which R2D2 projects a three-dimensional image of a troubled Princess Leia delivering a call for help to Luke Skywalker and his allies? What used to be science fiction is now ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 8 | with audio podcast