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Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air

Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (82) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future of immersive entertainment, people may not only walk through floating 3D images, but also manipulate the images in thin air. Taking a step toward this reality, researchers have ...


Just look: When it comes to art, viewing may be as satisfying as buying

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The experience of purchasing art shares much in common with viewing it in exhibits, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Author Yu Chen (Oakland University) shows that visiting a gallery can provid ...


Improved poverty analysis

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In areas of extreme poverty it is often difficult to determine the standard of living. During her doctoral research in Uganda, Nicky Pouw developed a method to analyze relatively simple material and immaterial possessions ...


An Ear For Robots: New Approach

Technology /

created Jul 04, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A fundamentally new approach to computer identification of words was been suggested by Russian scientists. With its help, people will be able to give orders even to the most primitive cellular phones.


A man operates his Apple iPhone in Paris

Apple might give glimpse at Jobs and new iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a next-generation iPhone and possibly provide a glimpse at long-absent chief executive Steve Jobs as it kicks off a software developers conference here.


RIM Profit Up Sharply, Says SEC Upgrades Probe

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reports a sharply higher fourth-quarter profit, adding about a million subscribers and forecasting more growth for the upcoming quarter.


What do Racquel Welch and quantum physics have in common?

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 30, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (37) | comments 0

The University of Leicester is leading a three-nation consortium in a ‘fantastic voyage’ to explore empty space - with potential benefits that have only been explored in the realms of science fiction. The study aims to delve ...


Hitachi Ups the Ante for Unified Enterprise Storage

Electronics / Hardware

created May 15, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The new Platform V mega-system offers virtually unlimited scalability plus both virtualization and thin provisioning to provide what the company claims is "the most advanced storage system on the planet."