Will Knott

I said that there are competing standards in 3D TV. Hatchai Full Parallax 3D Display seems to be up and running (I assume the Hitchai is the phonetic spelling in Japanese) and showed off their screen at the Ceatec Japan 2009 show. The news is via Gigazine and SDR News.

As you can see from the above video, you get a 3D parallax view, something you don’t get from the cinema, giving a holographic view. You also see that its working great for still objects, just like holograms. No details on how it works with moving objects, or indeed if it can work on a landscape. The secret (I’m working off a machine translation here) seems to be using multiple projectors, more projectors mean more 3D objects; which implies you could have a 3D newsreader in your living room, but a panel might not be possible.

Early days yet.

The leaving certificate results came out with a crisis. Too many people are not choosing honours maths.
The CAO / CAS results came out with a crisis. Too few people are choosing science and engineering courses.

If only we could make science sexy…

Well, we can’t. We can however make science a little more accessible. When I was young, computers were these strange untouchable standalone machines. Now… well the playstation generation is all grown up. No,it’s the Wii ones I’m wondering about. The intrigue of the machines has gone. The stories of new inventions are laid out in the papers.

That go unread by the target… kids.

Which is why I’m glad to hear that Tomorrow’s World is coming back to the BBC. The programme showcased pioneering science as well as inventions that never came into commercial use. It was a Top Gear for science, full of cool stuff and the vaguely silly.

However I think it inspired techie people in these islands. And I’m wondering if Irish TV (yes, sorry mass market and all that) should be showing more of this type of thing.

For example, ready to roll and already broadcasting is The Lab with Leo LaPorte (responsible for so many good (sometimes) tech podcasts) and the Labrats spinoff.

And for all thing Irish, I’ve already mentioned Intruders TV Ireland brought to us by Edgecast Media. Expand these interviews (or include them in a larger tech themed regular night and…

Would that help increase the size tech generation?

Just wondering,
Will

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