Thursday, August 06, 2009

Touchable Holography uses Wiimotes to add touch to holograms

Touchable Holography uses Wiimotes to add touch to holograms

Researchers from The University of Tokyo have demoed a touchable hologram at Siggraph 2009. The project, called Touchable Holography, involves the use of Wiimotes placed above the display to track hand motion, and an airborne ultrasound tactile display created in the university's lab to create the sensation of touch. The result is a holographic image that produces tactile feedback without any actual touching, and without degrading the image itself. Check out the video after the break for a fuller, more stunning explanation.

[Thanks, Adam]

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Rumored Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1 gets pictured

Rumored Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1 gets pictured


Well, this one's a bit out of the blue, but a member of the Xitek.com forums has produced this image of a hereto unheard of Micro Four Thirds Panasonic Lumix GF1 that's purported to come from an internal Panasonic PDF. A second image (after the break, and full size at the link below), also reveals a few more interesting details, like a port below the hotshoe that would presumably be used for a detachable EVF, and a built-in pop-up flash. Otherwise, about all that's clear is that the camera itself appears to be slightly smaller than the Olympus E-P1, and that it's prompted an endless stream of speculation on the photography forums.

[Via Digital Photography Review]

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Pentax P80 Is Less Than an Inch Thick, but Has 12 Megapixels, Rapid Face Detection and 720p Video Recording [Cameras]

Pentax P80 Is Less Than an Inch Thick, but Has 12 Megapixels, Rapid Face Detection and 720p Video Recording [Cameras]

Pentax's P80 camera doesn't really do anything that original or spectacular for its time—the 12.1 megapixel sensor, 720p, 30 fps video recording, face detection and 0.8-inch thickness are all pedestrian compared to other cams—BUT it is $200.

The P80 can even detect faces at an angle and can find up to 32 of them in 0.3 seconds. It will be available in September. [Crunch Gear]




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LG's 15-inch OLED Screen in Production: Could MacBooks Be A Beneficiary? [Oled]

LG's 15-inch OLED Screen in Production: Could MacBooks Be A Beneficiary? [Oled]

It's been widely rumored that LG may supply Apple with screens for its future products. If that's true, LG's plans to have a super thin and bright 15-inch OLED in stores this December could signal big things.

The update comes from OLED-Display.Net, which also reports that LG plans a global roll out soon after the display hits Korea in December.

So even if Apple's next MacBook, MacBook Pro (or even Tablet) don't have any OLED love, at least we've got LG's display (TV?) to look forward to. And at 15-inches, it'll be a welcomed step up from Sony's beautiful, but small 11-inch XEL-1. [OLED-Display.net]




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