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Breakthrough in Holographic Displays

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the deck-of-holos dept.

bendodge writes to mention the BBC is reporting that researchers at the University of Tucson, Arizona have created a polymer that allows holographic images to be created in minutes. Normally holographic images are created by mixing the results of multiple laser lights to lay down a static image, a lengthy and delicate process. "In a paper in Nature Mr Tay and colleagues describe their thin-film polymer that can have images 'written' to it in minutes and can be wiped as quickly to take and display another image. The material has been shown to stay stable throughout hundreds of write and erase cycles. The ability to quickly refresh images in holographs could mean that surgeons use them as a guide during operations or as a better way for pharmaceutical researchers to study molecular interactions for new drugs during simulations."

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  1. The Dark Side... by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Help me, Obi-wan, you're my only hope

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  2. Primary use by QuickFox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Judging by the article illustration its primary use will be to create Hollywood-style zombies.

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    1. Re:Primary use by QuickFox · · Score: 4, Funny
      FTA:

      The images that the material can capture are almost as sharp as those broadcast on US television. My god! Does American television look like the article illustration? No wonder you people are ill-informed about the world!
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    2. Re:Primary use by Otter · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, that's actually what Arizonans look like on a hot day in Tucson...

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    3. Re:Primary use by QuickFox · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your taste in porn is, um, different from mine.

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  3. The obvious use by Denial93 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pharmaceutical data, my ass. We're looking at "Playboy 3D" material here, and a reason to go back to print media for everyone's monkey-stroking needs!

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  4. Re:And now... by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just don't forget to turn it off when you're done.

    "I'm a doctor, not a lightbulb." :)

  5. Re:Other Uses by Hawkeye05 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who said anything about lesbian?

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  6. Re:Excellent news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    1/300 or so FPS isn't going to be nearly good enough to play TF2 on.
    But by the time this is available to consumers, Duke Nukem forever is going to look awesome.