I found this video of Sideswipe kids performing with Ultra Sabers. (www.ultrasabers.com) In case you are not aware Sideswipe is a martial arts/performance arts group. The stuff they do is very impressive. BTW Ultra Sabers offers some of the cheapest and more durable light sabers in the market. (As far as I know)
Friday, December 12, 2008
How thin can it go?
Sony's been actively developing OLED technologies. With the progress that has taken place, it will not be long before we start to see screens bigger then 50" but thinner then 1cm. These screens will be able to wrap around pillars and provide audiences with unique viewing experiences. I just hope the products are commercially viable soon.
Good bye LCD & Plasma..... HELLO Laser TV
CRT screens have been the norm for home television for many years and is still today the most favored television system, due to it's low price tag. But LCD and Plasma screens have been creeping in to the market becoming a more common occurrence, due to it's picture quality and it's size. But recently there seems to be a new player in town which looks like it'll take over the LCD and plasma market. Laser TV, currently available by Mitsubishi, offers a screen that utilizes less power, provides more color, a better picture quality, faster screen refresh rates and no deterioration of image quality over time. The image you get from a Laser TV is sharper, clearer and brighter then any TV before it, whilst maintaining the quality from the time you buy it.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Timberjack 6 Legged Walking Machine
Developed for the timber industry, this Plustech Oy / John Deere hexapod logging machine prototype is capable of walking on 6 legs. An amazing machine that looks like something out of a Japanese Anime; it is capable of taking down trees whilst traversing difficult terrain. With its unique walking system, this logging machine does less harm to forest terrain then typical logging machines.
Super Human Strength thanks to exoskeleton
Anyone who's played any futuristic games or watched a sci-fi movie would definitely have heard about exosuits or power enhanced exoskeletons. But can this become a reality. Are cyborgs closer to reality then we think?
Have a look at what the Japanese and the Americans are coming up with.
Have a look at what the Japanese and the Americans are coming up with.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Dynamic Architecture - Living Buildings
In Dubai a great architectural marvel is being produced. The first ever Transforming building. A building that adjusts it's shape through time. A building which some are calling it the first '4D building'.
Once completed it will become a fully digital building opening up possibilities for the future.
Once completed it will become a fully digital building opening up possibilities for the future.
Hologram
Ever since I saw Star wars and a holographic projection of princess Leia popped out of R2D2, I've been astounded by the power of holograms. But it has taken several years before the technology seems to have become a reality.
In the beginning we had 3D movies, utilising special 3D glasses you can see the image pop out of the screens. Over the years this technology has improved drastically to create some out standing results. But any visual aid wearing person, like myself can tell you; it's not comfortable having 2 glasses on.
Then 3D screens such as Alioscopy came along, providing viewers a glasses-free 3D technology capable of showing rich detail and depth without the need for funny 3D glasses. Sort of like the computer screen on the movie 'Paycheck'. But like the star Ben Affleck, I'm more interested in having the 3D image appear without the need of such screens.
3D Screen using Alioscoptic Technology.
Then I found the Mirage device. A device capable of generating a holographic image of an item. Unfortunately It was difficult to modify this item to be able to show animated objects. But the clarity and sharpness of the 'mirage' was unbelieveable.
Mirage.
But in order to get animated images out, I had to look at other methods. I found a few people who actually take video of people on a 'black' background and project it on to a special screen. Given the right lighting conditions this looks like a floating hologram. Already used by several companies for commercial purposes, this is the most commercially viable solution to date.
Holographic projection used in Korea.
3D hologram performance in New England Air Museum.
Kate Moss hologram.
The use of holograms have always amazed and interested people from all over the world. As the possibilities of utilising it are endless. Even during the US 2008 Election Campaign, Holograms were used by CNN to make the interviews more interesting. Of course this was more special effects then actual hologram.
CNN Interview of Will.I.Am via Hologram.
But to have a full 360° degrees hologram is something that people are still trying hard to achieve. Some people have used rotating LEDs and mirrors to create an illusion of a 360° degree hologram.
Hologram utilising rotating mirrors.
Hologram utilising rotating LED.
Well so far the closest thing I've found to R2D2's Hologram was a technology called Heliodisplay, developed by a company called IO2 Technology in the US. This is probably the closest thing to date as far as holograms are concerned. Although the images are only 2D, they are able to give a false sense of 3D as it is suspended in mid-air.
Heliodisplay in action.
Well I'm sure there are plenty more technologies out there trying to achieve holographic 'reality', so if you do know of such technologies please feel free to add a comment and share it with us.
In the beginning we had 3D movies, utilising special 3D glasses you can see the image pop out of the screens. Over the years this technology has improved drastically to create some out standing results. But any visual aid wearing person, like myself can tell you; it's not comfortable having 2 glasses on.
Then 3D screens such as Alioscopy came along, providing viewers a glasses-free 3D technology capable of showing rich detail and depth without the need for funny 3D glasses. Sort of like the computer screen on the movie 'Paycheck'. But like the star Ben Affleck, I'm more interested in having the 3D image appear without the need of such screens.
3D Screen using Alioscoptic Technology.
Then I found the Mirage device. A device capable of generating a holographic image of an item. Unfortunately It was difficult to modify this item to be able to show animated objects. But the clarity and sharpness of the 'mirage' was unbelieveable.
Mirage.
But in order to get animated images out, I had to look at other methods. I found a few people who actually take video of people on a 'black' background and project it on to a special screen. Given the right lighting conditions this looks like a floating hologram. Already used by several companies for commercial purposes, this is the most commercially viable solution to date.
Holographic projection used in Korea.
3D hologram performance in New England Air Museum.
Kate Moss hologram.
The use of holograms have always amazed and interested people from all over the world. As the possibilities of utilising it are endless. Even during the US 2008 Election Campaign, Holograms were used by CNN to make the interviews more interesting. Of course this was more special effects then actual hologram.
CNN Interview of Will.I.Am via Hologram.
But to have a full 360° degrees hologram is something that people are still trying hard to achieve. Some people have used rotating LEDs and mirrors to create an illusion of a 360° degree hologram.
Hologram utilising rotating mirrors.
Hologram utilising rotating LED.
Well so far the closest thing I've found to R2D2's Hologram was a technology called Heliodisplay, developed by a company called IO2 Technology in the US. This is probably the closest thing to date as far as holograms are concerned. Although the images are only 2D, they are able to give a false sense of 3D as it is suspended in mid-air.
Heliodisplay in action.
Well I'm sure there are plenty more technologies out there trying to achieve holographic 'reality', so if you do know of such technologies please feel free to add a comment and share it with us.
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