Most of us have spent countless hours scouring the planet’s surface via Google Earth. The detailed satellite imagery brings the farthest corners of the world into the homes of anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. And while exploring a foreign city with a bird’s eye view can be breathtaking, the two dimensional nature [...]
Remember the hat that stabs the back of its wearer’s head to induce a smile? Or even the privacy hat for public TV viewing? Well if you do, I suspect you’ll come away from the following proposed 3D viewing technology more disturbed than either of these other concepts. For the second year in a row, [...]
Whether we like it or not, television manufacturers have decided that 3D technology is here to stay. Sure, 3D is a “cool” effect when used sparingly, but many consumers have reservations about the prolonged use of 3D glasses currently required to experience the picture-popping stereoscopic effect. In addition, a general lack of 3D content is [...]
Most people are familiar with at least a few of the various lighting technologies used to illuminate our world. There’s the traditional incandescent bulb invented over 100 years ago by Edison and it’s Halogen cousin, both of which inefficiently utilize an electrically stimulated filament. The recent miniaturization of florescent bulbs, commonly used in industrial and commercial settings, has [...]
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Tags: CFL, Electron Stimulated Luminescence, ESL, LED, light bulb, lighting, Vu1 
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