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Networks
11:56AM Nick Broughall
It’s pretty basic language, but this video from Alcatel Lucent actually does a pretty good job of explaining to the general populous why we need a National Broadband Network. Although personally, I’m waiting for those holographic technologies they mention towards the end of the video to be unleashed… “Help us National Broadband Network – you’re our only hope!”
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Alcatel Lucent Explains The NBN For Your Mum
11:56AM Nick Broughall 
Science
How Holographic Storage Works (Spoiler: It’s a 3D CD)
6:40AM Mark Wilson | GE just announced that they’re fitting 500GB of data on discs the size of DVDs through “holographic storage” technologies. It’s OK to be a bit lost. This clip explains the idea in more tactile terms. More »
Business
GE Makes Holographic Storage Breakthrough For Cheap(er) 500GB Discs
12:39AM John Mahoney | Sheinhardt Wigs GE engineers have announced a breakthrough in the formerly retardedly-expensive field of holographic storage: by making the holograms smaller, they can squeeze 500GB on standard-sized optical discs. More »
Gadgets
The Holodeck, As Re-Imagined in 2009
8:00AM Mark Wilson | Star Trek TNG’s holodeck is a staple of geek lore, but its interface was designed 20 years ago. Bruce Branit’s World Builder is a short much along the same technological theme, but made today. More »
Science
Physicists Believe Our Universe Is One Big Hologram, And They May Have Spotted the Pixels
12:14AM Mark Wilson | It’s not until you acknowledge the world’s greatest physicists do you realise how fundamentally useless our role here is. You and I will not uncover the secrets of the Universe. Luckily, someone’s working on it. More »
QOTD
Question of the Day: Was CNN’s Hologram Stupid or Cool?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | If you tuned into CNN’s election coverage last night, you probably saw their new fangled hologram technology being used to pull up data and conduct interviews. Sure, it was a gimmick-and-a-half—but it was interesting at least. Plus, as far as I could tell, the complicated system was pretty much glitch-free (Fox News, on the other hand, seemed to have problems with their basic touchscreen system all night). But my question is: was was it stupid or cool? More »
Science
US Army to Push X-Files Tech Development, Invade World of Warcraft
5:00AM Jesus Diaz | The US Army is ramping up the development of technology that previously could have been classified as X-Files, “making science fiction into reality” as Dr. John Parmentola, Director of their Research and Laboratory Management. The list of things currently in the works is amazing: regenerating body parts on “nano-scaffolding”, telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp, and self-aware virtual photorealistic soldiers that can be deployed in the battlefield through “quantum ghost imaging”. To test these they want to use them into a massively multi-player online games like World of Warcraft or Eve online: More »
Science
How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
12:08PM Jason Chen | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/How_the_CNN_Holographic_Interview_System_Works'; CNN’s holographic election coverage is fancy pantsy, but how did they manage to send 3D 360 degree footage of virtual correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago all the way to the station’s election centre in NY? As Arthur C. Clarke says, Magic. A magic made possible from technology Vizrt and SportVu with the help of forty-four HD cameras and twenty computers. Here are the details. More »
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