Wii are Holographic

Holograms are awesome, any geek will tell you so. It’s just a cool idea, an excellent visual, 3D projections and the like. It’s in the movies, so where is it in life?

Well, the University of Tokyo has put us further on the path of actual hologram discovery with their projector prototype. Even more impressive than the hovering images is the “tactile feedback” so you can feel the images as well (through ultrasonic waves and Wiimotes). I’m not too knowledgeable about the actual science, but it doesn’t take a genius to understand that the tech is very cool.

Fun for the Fourth

It’s been raining everyday at my house for about the past week, which makes me very wary of the picnics and such planned for tomorrow’s Fourth of July celebration.  Tech to the rescue again it seems (for next year anyway).

Sega, beginning in the month of August, will release Uchiage Hanabi in Japan.  It’s a projector that puts on a fireworks show in your home on any wall or ceiling.  It comes with sound effects and programmed shows, but also with the option to design your own fireworks and make your own show.  It may start out in Japan, but we love our fireworks here in the US of A and tomorrow will showcase that.  I don’t doubt that projected fireworks will eventually reach our soil, and I don’t doubt that real fireworks, rain or shine, will be seen tomorrow night.

The Display Evolution

Gadgets continue to evolve and (for the most part) shrink.  That particular trend has yet to slack and MIT is on the band wagon.

MIT is basically working on a wearable computer that can turn any surface into a display.  Right now the display is hooked up to a mini projector, a mirror, and an internet enabled cell phone, but it’s a start.  At least it helps where cell phone screen sizes are still concerned.

It’s definitely a step towards a Minority Report type computing system, which is pretty cool.  Our minds project images of imagination why not project images onto any surface of reality?  It makes sense to me.