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Innovation
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Innovation
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Written by George Ridley
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Researchers working for 3M have announced that they have perfected the technology to produce a 3D mobile phone
 The system, which uses autostereoscopic display technology, will be the first time that 3D technology has made it to a mobile for commercial use, and is capable of full resolution, according to Bill Bryan, technical manager of 3M’s St Paul, Minnesota-based Display and Graphics lab.
‘We expect to see a consumer electronic device by autumn in Asia, and you will see more products in the next 9-18 months,’ said Bryan, adding that 3M expected the development to drive a new market in 3D content to mobile devices.
‘This is going to be a new area for film-makers and other content providers. Disney is now shooting all of its new films in 3D. We are already seeing 3D in the living room and the gaming room: the next differentiator in the handset market will be 3D.’
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Innovation
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Written by George Ridley
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| 3D image of a non-existent virtual home - image courtesy of United Lane (www.unitedlane.com) |
Virtual technology is being hailed by experts as one of the possible answers to the credit crunch, as web designers look for that extra wow factor that can give their sites the edge in the economic downturn.
Having already been the victim of one false dawn eight years ago, 3D technology is beginning to emerge from the technology shadows as one of the most exciting developments on the internet.
"The trend is very clear," said Ramani Karthik, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the US' Purdue University and an authority on 3D technology.
"The real world is 3D and as humans we want things to behave in the way that they do in the real world, so going to 3D is very natural it is the next evolution of the web."
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Innovation
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Written by Peter Warren
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 Fifty years ago the road to pop super-stardom started with a practice sessio in a pub, soon it will happen in a studio on the internet and we could all be doing it.
Rather than coming from towns like Liverpool or London according to some of the music industry’s top gurus the Beatles and Rolling Stones of the future will be drawn via the internet from all corners of the world and could even use their mobile phones as mixing desks.
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Innovation
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Written by Peter Warren
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JAPANESE electronics giant Sharp is to unveil the world's first
commercial use of 3D technology on a computer screen - a development
that could bode well for Britain.
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Innovation
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Written by Peter Warren
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Evening Standard 19/08/03
MICROSOFT is set to launch a new breed of PCs that will turn desktop
computers into televisions. Hailed as the next stage in the evolution
of the PC, the computers will take data simultaneously from the
internet and from satellite and terrestrial TV broadcasts.
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Innovation
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Written by Peter Warren
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The UN is predicting a massive take-up in fuel cell technology over the next 15 years.
According to speakers at an international conference on fuel cells held
this November at the United Nations University Institute for New
Technologies, China India and Brazil have already embarked on active
programmes to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
China, already acutely conscious of the economic contraints imposed on
it by its lack of oil reserves is carrying out fuel cell vehicles and
refuelling station demonstrations in Shanghai and Beijing.
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Innovation
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Written by Peter Warren
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Bought and published by Scotland on Sunday, February 13, 2000
The computer is dead, long live the computer Two months into the 21st
century and the computer company Samsung has announced that it has
started work on the ultimate manifestation of the consumer society, the
disposable PC.
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