Researchers continue to make great strides fitting sensors to mobiles:

A network of cellphones fitted with radiation detectors could monitor cities for “dirty” bombs.

So say Andrew Longman and colleagues at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. They have equipped phones with detectors so small they add only an imperceptible weight to a regular smartphone, and just a few dollars to the cost. Readings from thousands of phones, plus their location, can be combined to produce a…

the pros and cons of mobile sensors

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Holy Crap! Might we finally be getting hologram displays? Seems so:

A material that can create rewritable holograms could bring 3D displays to the home, or provide dramatically high-capacity computer memory, US researchers say.

A layer of the material can record a holographic image, erase it, and replace it with another in a few minutes. While technological challenges remain, the researchers are confident they can advance the technology to refresh pictures at video frame rates of…

Hologram displays could be in our homes within a few years

Check out this trailer for SecondSkin, what looks to be an interesting examination of those who play in online worlds:

via BoingBoing.

SecondSkin – a documentary on MMORPG players

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may she have a peaceful life!

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