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Submission + - LSU Professor Resolves Einstein's Twin Paradox

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justelite

on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:58PM

justelite writes: "Subhash Kak, Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at LSU, recently resolved the twin paradox, known as one of the most enduring puzzles of modern-day physics. In more recent times, the paradox has been described using the analogy of twins. If one twin is placed on a space shuttle and travels near the speed of light while the remaining twin remains earthbound, the unmoved twin would have aged dramatically compared to his interstellar sibling, according to the paradox."

Submission + - Sight for the blind.

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Manifold Space Traveler

on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:52PM

Manifold Space Traveler writes: "The primary problem with this technology is that the neural pathways are set at an early age and the mind is not like a hard disk, you cannot simply erase a lifetime of experience and then reinstall linux. Existing research seems to indicate that late acquired sight adversely affects the mind so much, that it leads to depression and in some cases suicide. This technology is several years old and is not "news" at all."

Submission + - Full Color Holograms Containing 8 second videos

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Andy

on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:13PM

Andy writes: "Check out http://www.xyzrgb.com/holos/soccer.html to see this really cool poster that has a hologram that is not only in full color but contains 8 seconds of video(think of the pictures in the newspapers on the Harry Potter movies). Look here http://www.posterwire.com/ for more information about it."

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