Communications

Laser-activated nanotube speakers could be invisibly embedded in windows and walls

It is known that intense sound can be produced by electrically-powered nanotubes stretched into sheets, but researchers from University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) have furthered this principle by arranging sheets of carbon nanotubes into “forests” which produce high-quality sound when struck with lasers. This is an exciting advancement [...]

Tags: acoustic properties, carbon nanotubes, high quality sound, laser light, lasers, Nanotech, wireless speakers
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3D TV is here

After all the hype prompted by the success of Avatar in cinemas and the flood of 3D technology unveiled at trade shows like CES 2010, 3D TV is finally becoming a reality in living rooms.
All the major players are well and truly on the 3D bandwagon and they’re set to make a [...]

Tags: 3d home, 3d tv, dmp, hd plasma, shutter glasses
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Magic Fingers: Digging Into Multi-Touch Technology with Both Hands

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At Perceptive Pixel’s offices on Manhattan’s West Side, Jefferson Han stands in front of a megasize multi-touch screen and runs his fingertips across the display. Each finger leaves a trail of colored pixels in its wake, causing the display to look, briefly, like it has been scratched [...]

Tags: graphical representation, multiple users, perceptive pixel, touch technology
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China’s Cyberposse

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The short video made its way around China’s Web in early 2006, passed on through file sharing and recommended in chat rooms. It opens with a middle-aged Asian woman dressed in a leopard-print blouse, knee-length black skirt, stockings and silver stilettos standing next to a riverbank. She smiles, holding [...]

Tags: chinese internet, detective work, human flesh, human flesh search engine, internet citizens, internet forums, netizen
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Internet Ideology War: Google’s Spat with China Could Reshape Traditional Online Freedoms

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How the Internet giant could use its might in closed societies
Late last year a series of sophisticated Internet attacks emanating from China burrowed deep into the computer systems of some two dozen U.S. corporations, among them Northrop Grumman, Dow Chemical and Yahoo. One fought back. After revealing that the attacks [...]

Tags: chinese human rights, human rights activists, information technology policy, interactive journalism, internet attacks, rebecca mackinnon
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