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Mobile 3D world in your hand
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Written by George Ridley   

Researchers working for 3M have announced that they have perfected the technology to produce a 3D mobile phone

3m_-_3d-image2_200_x_176The 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.’

 
The 3D future of the web - so close you can nearly touch it
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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."
                                                                                       
 
Mobiles soon to make music
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Written by Peter Warren   

pacemaker200_x_133Fifty 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.

 
Sharp computer puts focus on 3D
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Written by Peter Warren   
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.
 
Computers tuning in to TV revolution
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Written by Peter Warren   
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.
 
UN predicts 5-10 million fuel cell vehicles by 2020
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Written by Peter Warren   
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.

 
Samsung starts work on throw-away computer
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Written by Peter Warren   
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.