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Submission + - Wii Remote Used For Holograms You Can "Touch&# (kotaku.com)

Submitted by KPexEA on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:53PM

KPexEA writes: Using a concave mirror, Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display and Wii Remotes, University of Tokyo researchers have created a tangible hologram projector.

The mirror makes the hologram appear to be "floating" in air, while the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display shoots focused ultrasonic waves to create the feeling of a holographic ball or holographic rain falling on one's hand.

The Wii Remotes? They're used to track movement — just one of many non-gaming use scientist people are finding for Nintendo's hardware.

http://kotaku.com/5331871/wii-remote-used-for-holograms-you-can-touch

Comment Re:Just analyze the source.... (Score 1) 157

by jarl1976 on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @01:09PM (#28869097) Attached to: Stopping Spam Before It Hits the Mail Server

Taiwan is not a third world country, and depending on who you ask not even a country. Anyway blocking out all of asia is probably a bad idea for many businesses.

Comment Re:Nefarious? (Score 1) 73

by jarl1976 on Friday October 05, 2007 @10:15PM (#20876015) Attached to: China Now Blocking RSS Feeds

Wouldn't you be in deep trouble if they caught you using a bypassing method? I wouldn't put it above the government to make you "go missing" after they catch you. SSH, after all, is relatively easy to track.

The chinese government doesn't quite work like that.. They don't care to much about a few people being able to bypass any measures, they care about the huge masses of internet users who just give up immediately if a page is blocked. A few geeks (in addition to most foreigners in china) won't start a revolution..

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