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Microsoft’s New 3D Wristbands Could Be The Future Of Motion-Controlled Computing
The Wii introduced the masses to motion-based gaming. The Kinect took things one step further and all but eliminated controllers. Microsoft’s latest innovation, an infrared tracker worn on the wrist, could make gaming and UI controls even more immersive than before.
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These Eye-Popping Rugs Are Actually Flat
These rugs, which depict the five senses of touch, smell, sight, taste and hearing, seem to leap out as three-dimensional shapes as you look at them. Weirdly, though, they are in fact perfectly flat.
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MakerBot Replicator 2 Prints A Bigger, More Detailed Chunk Of Your Creative Genius
When the MakerBot appeared in 2009, the idea of 3D printing was a bit foreign to all but the most advanced fabricators. Company founder and CEO Bre Pettis says he used to get asked: “So what, do you have to wear special glasses to see it?”
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Intel’s Haswell 3D Transistor Chipset Will Have 2X More GPU Power Than Ivy Bridge
Intel’s next-generation Haswell chipset for laptops isn’t set to come out until next year. But when it does eventually get released, AnandTech says the 3D transistor-based hardware will offer twice the GPU performance as Ivy Bridge and consume 20 times less power than Sandy Bridge when idle. Excited yet? [AnandTech]