Panasonic, Xpand team up on M-3DI standard for active shutter glasses at home and in theaters

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/panasonic-xpand-team-up-on-m-3di-standard-for-active-shutter-gl/

Last year's problem was a complete lack of standards on active shutter 3D glasses but now we might have too many, as Panasonic and Xpand have joined forces with several other companies to push M-3DI as a single spec for TVs, computers and theaters. Initial plans for the spec cover only IR sync, with the RF Bluetooth technology included on many 2011 3DTV models (Samsung and Sony are notably missing from the list of participants) to "be considered" for the next step. We'll wait to see some cooperation between this alignment (full list of supporters in the press release after the break) RealD and the CEA's 3D Technologies Working Group -- which, probably not coincidentally is expecting proposals by the end of this month -- before believing the current 3D glasses mess will be resolved.

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Firefox 4 for Android launched, ready to Sync and speed up your browsing

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/firefox-4-for-android-launched-ready-to-sync-and-speed-up-your/

It was a release candidate just about a week ago and today it's all ready to go. Firefox 4 for Android has just been released from the Mozilla labs and is now prowling the mobile internet. You can get yours at the Android Market, in no less than 10 languages, though there'll be no Flash playback. Still, tabbed browsing, extreme customizability, and bookmark / tab / history coordination between desktop and mobile (via Firefox Sync) are all nice to have, as is the promised threefold improvement in speed over the stock Android browser. Pretty nice list of improvements for some freebie software, wouldn't you say?

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Walk-On Role in the Upcoming Film "Grand Street" - proceeds go to charity too - http://bit.ly/gVd2q9

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The World's Largest Picture Taken Indoors Is 40 Gigapixels of Classic Beauty [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/#!5786753/the-worlds-largest-picture-taken-indoors-is-40-gigapixels-of-beauty/gallery/

This is a 40,000 megapixel, 280,000 x 140,000, 360 degree picture of the 868-year-old Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, Czech Republic. A lot of numbers, right? Here's more: the gigantic picture is actually made up of 2,947 different images that added up to 283GB and took over 111 hours to stich together.

It's believed to be the world's largest picture taken indoors and the detail is incredible. Like the other "world largest photos" you can zoom in and out, pan around and find things you never saw on first glance. Jeffrey Martin, the photographer, literally took days to take all the pictures and considerably longer to process them all.

So amazing. [360 Cities via Wired via TechCrunch]

This is a zoomed in view of the first picture. And there's still more to zoom in!

The beautiful ceiling of the Strahov Monastery Library.

Jeffrey Martin used a Canon T2i (550D) controlled by a GigaPanBot to snap the photos, which took multiple days.

Amazing detail in every snapshot. Such a wonderful picture of a wonderful place.

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How It Works: The Make-All 3-D Printer

Source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/how-it-works-make-all-machine

The Objet Connex churns out complex objects by spraying eight million plastic droplets a second

Since the first 3-D printer was invented by Charles Hull in 1984, machines have seen vast improvements in speed and accuracy. Today's best 3-D printers operate much like a standard inkjet, spraying millions of droplets of polymer to build an object layer by layer. But there's a hitch: Most 3-D printers use only use a single material at once, thus each product they produce can be just one color or consistency.

The Objet Connex can print two materials at a time, and even mix composites. In doing so, it can craft items with varied flex, shade and feel. The Connex has helped hospitals fabricate see-through medical models and even allowed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student to construct a working flute complete with moving hinges and rubber gaskets.

Click the image above to see an animation showing how the Objet Connex can print complex objects one microscopic layer at a time. If you are unable to view Flash files, click here for a static version. Illustrations by Aaron Newman; Flash Design by Josh Rashkin

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