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Researchers Envision 3-D Hologram Phone

Posted by michael on from the please-deposit-twelve-dollars-for-the-next-two-minutes dept.

Chad Gray copies and pastes "It's an idea that was popularized by Princess Leia's plea for help in Star Wars: sending a 3-D hologram. Now, two Japanese scientists have developed technology they hope will one day turn the humble telephone booth into a high-tech chamber for beaming holographic images."

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  1. pricey? by dutt · · Score: 0, Troll
    It's also pricey. One cylinder costs 10 million yen ($97,100) although Tachi and Endo expect that to fall if the gadget is ever mass-produced.

    No shit! The price better fall real by a couple of hundred percent.