New imaging technology fits on a tiny chip and, from a distance, can form a high-resolution three-dimensional image of an object on the scale of micrometers.
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Microsoft wants you to scan in 3D using only your phone
Forget using dedicated scanners to capture objects in 3D — Microsoft’s MobileFusion would let you use only your phone.
A little light interaction leaves quantum physicists beaming
A team of physicists has taken a step toward making the essential building block of quantum computers out of pure light. Their advance has to do with logic gates that perform operations on input data to create new outputs.
Omnidirectional Virtual Reality Treadmill to Open Up Preorders
Chinese-based VR treadmill project Kat Walk raised nearly $150,000 on Kickstarter, and the company has announced that non-Kickstarter preorders are coming soon.
MIT’s New 3D Printer Can Print 10 Materials Simultaneously
Fab news, everyone!
‘Information sabotage’ on Wikipedia claimed | KurzweilAI
“Wikipedia entries on politically controversial scientific topics can be unreliable due to “information sabotage,” according to an open-access paper published today in the journal PLOS One.”
In The Future, Space Planes Could Be Powered By Microwaves
Over half a century after the dawn of the space age, getting to space remains an epic challenge. Twice this year, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket met a fiery end on the Atlantic Ocean—both attempts to recover and reuse rockets to reduce launch costs. A third rocket never made orbit, exploding on ascent.
We Can’t Find Any Alien Neighbors and Virtual Reality Might Be to Blame
Why haven’t we found alien neighbors? One theory says advanced species don’t colonize outer space, but make virtual worlds and colonize inner space instead.
Laniakea is made up of about 100,000 galaxies with a total mass about 100 million billion times that of the sun
Laniakea is made up of about 100,000 galaxies with a total mass about 100 million billion times that of the sun.
Image via Beyond Our Sight.