As a child I loved to watch the original Star Trek episodes. The creative stories challenged my immagination, often with thoughtful points. In the 1970s our telephones were fixed on the wall, had dials, and costed a lot of money to call out of state.
Today's cell phones are as good as the Star Trek communicators.
By 2010 they will be better! Cell Phones to Go 3-D:
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A new thin-film technology developed by 3M could enable mobile devices such as cell phones to show 3-D images without the need for special glasses.
Dubbed Vikuiti 3-D, the technology works by guiding slightly different images to the viewer's left and right eyes. Provided that the device is held relatively still, the viewer experiences an "auto-stereoscopic" effect--a sense of depth to the image, says Erik Jostes, business director of 3M's Optical Systems Division in St. Paul, MN.
This optical trick has been around for some time and is essentially the same as the one behind Philips's WOWvx 3-D television displays. However, getting it to work in mobile devices presents new challenges.
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What an amazing world!
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