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Holographic GPU renders at near real-time speeds

Posted by JediLlama 371 days ago in Science & Technology (http://arstechnica.com)
Researchers develop specialized hardware to render holographic projections at near real-time speeds. The framerate leaves a bit to be desired, however, so don't throw your 3D glasses away just yet.
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Scientist gets a billion pages on one chip

Posted by JediLlama 122 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.thinq.co.uk)
Dr Jay Narayan has developed a silicon storage chip that stores data in magnetic nanodots, or quantum dots; tiny structures that can measure just 6nm in diameter. Each nanoscale dot stores a single bit of data, but you can squeeze so many dots onto a small area of silicon that the university says that a single chip can “store an unprecedented amount of data.”
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NASA: James Cameron to develop 3D camera for Mars rover

Posted by JediLlama 123 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.computerworld.com)
NASA announced this month that Cameron is working with Malin Space Science Systems Inc. of San Diego to build an updated camera that, if completed in time, will be installed on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which has been dubbed Curiosity. The rover's cameras will be the machine's "science-imaging workhorse," according to the space agency.
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The danger of science denialism

Posted by JediLlama 142 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.boingboing.net)
One of the things I love best about this video is how journalist Michael Specter does a great job of articulating a sane relationship with technology and progress. We need more people reminding us that science has simultaneously helped us create the best time to be alive as a human ever, but has also caused problems and hasn't made everything perfect. And that the answer to that paradox isn't giving up on optimism and backing away from science, the answer is scientific innovation, creating better law and policy and improving science transparency and education.
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Polarization of Light and Microwaves (Quantum Physics)

Quantum mechanics applies to objects that can be seen by the naked eye

Posted by JediLlama 165 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.boingboing.net)
The UC Santa Barbara researchers seen below "have provided the first clear demonstration that the theory of quantum mechanics applies to the mechanical motion of an object large enough to be seen by the naked eye."
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Skinput: Appropriating the Body as an Input Surface (CHI 2010)

What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate Theory

Posted by JediLlama 186 days ago in Science & Technology (http://www.wired.com)
One way to get noticed as a scientist is to tackle a really difficult problem. Physicist Sean Carroll has become a bit of a rock star in geek circles by attempting to answer an age-old question no scientist has been able to fully explain: What is time?
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Toshiba Develops 1TB SSD That Fits On A Postage Stamp

Posted by JediLlama 200 days ago in Science & Technology (http://hothardware.com)
A new partnership between the company and Tokyo's Keio University has led to the creation of a new technology that could allow SSDs up to 1TB in size to be made "with a footprint no larger than a postage stamp." That's far, far smaller than even the 1.8" drives that currently reside in the larger iPod units, and exponentially smaller than the 2.5" SSDs that are shipping now for existing notebooks.
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Brain structure predicts ability to learn video games

Posted by JediLlama 225 days ago in Science & Technology (http://web.mit.edu)
Researchers can predict your performance on a video game simply by measuring the volume of specific structures in your brain, a multi-institutional team reports this week.
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Jelly Marbles - Clear Spheres