Scientists demonstrate 'Star Wars'-ian holographic messages!
How cool is this? And the fact that they rendered a ___________
(popquiz, what is it, Molly?) for the picture, just gives them even more
uber-1337 cred!
"Researchers at USC have taken another step towards that holiest of sci-fi dreams: the 3D holographic display. Using a spinning mirror covered
with a "holographic diffuser," a special DVI implementation, and a high-speed projector, the team's device can project a three-dimensional image
that can be viewed from 360 degrees--regardless of the viewer's height
and distance. That's impressive, but that spinning mirror looks pretty
dangerous."
Via engadget.
Have a great day,
Dr. Karl
PS:
Buy more Merritt!!!
OMG! 3D display without special glasses, uses spinning mirror
All I gotta say is W-O-W! this would be sooo cool to use for 3D
drafting/animation.
Things get
very interesting ~1 minute into
this video...and
continue to get more interesting...
Best,
Shalin
A quick note on evidence
I wasn't going to send this one in, because I was
sure someone
else would have sent this in, but I guess not. From episode 549,
Steve
Largent is a Hall of Fame wide receiver, NOT a quarterback. Steve held
all the major receiving records (yardage, catches, touchdowns,
consecutive games with a catch) until a variety of receivers (most
notably Jerry Rice) broke them. Not too important, but since he is a
Hall of Famer, I figured it was worth a "Well, actually."
Also, Molly's right that a speeding video on YouTube isn't conclusive,
but no evidence is ever
really conclusive. At some point it
comes down to whether juries and judges are going to believe that some
kid faked the video--which, while possible, I think is much less likely
than him being a doofus and speeding for real. Besides, he'll probably
just pay the ticket--the cost of contesting it, specifically with
contesting the evidence, isn't going to be cost effective.
Personally, I don't think it's such a bad thing that the cops went and
got him. I think this is one of the few times where kids may actually
be encouraged to do stupid stuff in order to have something to put on
YouTube, and maybe this will nip it in the bud. OK, it won't do that at
all--but if we pretend that some kid actually crashes a car, or hurts
someone because he was trying to "one-up" his YouTube buddy, we'd all
feel stupid if we hadn't tried to set a precedent that this behavior
will not be tolerated etc.
Frank J. M. Lattuca, Esq.
AT&T--St. Louis Muni Wi-Fi
Hey Buzz crew,
Tony J. from O'Fallon, Illinois (Tom, not far from Greenville).
Hopefully someone from AT&T or the City of St Louis listens to the
podcast. They need to hear about the solar powered Wi-Fi transmitters.
I read today that the St Louis municipal Wi-Fi project headed by
AT&T is delayed indefinitely because they can't figure out how to
power the Wi-Fi transmitters during the day. Their plan is to put the
transmitters on streetlights, but one huge oversight in the design was
that most St. Louis streetlights are powered by bank switches--a single
bank might control 90 streetlightsı-and there's no way to get
electricity to transmitters on them without leaving the lights on all
day.
This was supposed to be running in June, but I'm sure it's not
AT&T's fault. It's the outsourcer's fault!
AT&T, your world delivered, 300 pages long, when we feel like it,
and as long as you don't talk about President Bush.
Love the show!
Tony J.
Thanks for the alarm at the end of Episode 549
As you know, it's really hot in the Bay Area, and I was a little tired
while driving this afternoon listening to BOL #549. The alarm sound at
the end actually jolted me out of a doze and allowed me to get home
safely. It was also pretty funny. Thanks.
AJ in Alameda
