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Telepresence Via Matter Imaging

Posted by Zonk on from the reach-out-and-touch-someone dept.

Qa32 writes "Computer scientists in the U.S. are developing a system which would allow people to convey a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the Internet. From the article: 'When you watch something created by claymation, it is a real object and it looks like it's moving itself. That's something like the idea we're doing... in our case, the idea is that you have computation in the 'clay', as though the clay can move itself.'"

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  1. Computer Imaging & Chinese Military by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Beijing is aggressively modernizing the computing infrastructure of its military. Chinese nationals should be barred from participating in American research projects involving such advanced computer technologies like 3D computer imaging.