IT’S generally wise to take demonstrations of new technologies with a grain of salt That was especially true for the Microsoft HoloLens — the hologram-projecting glasses that the tech giant... Read more
Nanostructured device controls the intensity, phase, and polarization of light for wide applications in optics Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (S... Read more
Image via Wikipedia WHEN the famous hologram of Princess Leia says, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” in “Star Wars,” it’s science fiction. Now you can watch actual moving holograms that are filmed... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be built within the next 10 years, a leading scientist has claimed. Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, h... Read more
In yet another instance of science imitating science fiction, researchers are inching toward the sort of three-dimensional “telepresence” technology that Princess Leia used to co... Read more
I am standing in a living-room-of-the-future. You can navigate the TV using hand movements, instantly swishing and touching to get subtitles to any international programming. Yes, a la Minor... Read more