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Toshiba Develops 3-D Monocle

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  1. Spectacular by nschubach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now when I poke my eye out I can still enjoy 3D!

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  2. Enough is enough by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its fun to look for one slightly plausible "april fool" among genuine articles. A whole stream of them just gets boring.

    1. Re:Enough is enough by eln · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Every year Slashdot does something for April Fool's, and every year people bitch about it. Personally, I like that Slashdot is linking to the various geek april fools jokes out there so I don't have to go hunting for them myself, and I think the Mad Libs in the article summaries are clever too.

      April Fool's is the one day of the year this sort of thing happens. If it bothers you that much, just take a day off from the Internet and spend the day chasing kids off your lawn or something.

    2. Re:Enough is enough by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Its fun to look for one slightly plausible "april fool" among genuine articles. A whole stream of them just gets boring.

      So does a whole stream of 'this is boring' comments every... fucking... year.

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  3. Now get two! by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    And enjoy the whole world in SIX DEE! For the price of TWO!

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  4. Several non-binocular depth cues by tepples · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This one is slightly plausible. The monocle could selectively change focus of parts of the image, or apply any of several other non-binocular depth cues.

  5. Re:Seriously? by nschubach · · Score: 2

    Even "die hard" news readers have to take a day off every now and then.

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  6. Agreeded by hAckz0r · · Score: 2
    Two big give-aways in this one for me.

    First, two polarizing filters in series will filter out all the light.

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    Second, tungsten carbide is not lightweight! Tungsten carbide is very heavy, dense, and extremely hard material. It is often used for cutting hardened steel. Its not easy /cheap to manufacture because of its hardness and would be far heavy enough to be uncomfortable to wear given that you have to squint to keep it in place. Titanium would have been a much better choice!

    Besides that. what would be the point of having 3D for just one eye?